WICHITA, Kan. (AP) – The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office says a van carrying county inmates has been involved in an accident in southeastern Kansas.

The two deputies and nine inmates in the van were injured when it hit a utility pole in Cherokee County shortly after 10 a.m. Wednesday.

The inmates and one deputy were treated at regional medical facilities and later released. Authorities said a decision was pending Wednesday afternoon on admitting the other deputy to a hospital.

Cherokee County Sheriff David Groves says the van was the only vehicle damaged, but he declined to say if another vehicle may have contributed to the accident.

Sedgwick County houses some of its inmates at facilities elsewhere to manage the population at its detention center in Wichita.