(KAIR)--Nine people, including seven teenagers, required hospital treatment, following a two-vehicle, Tuesday night crash, in Buchanan County, Missouri, 2-miles east of Atchison.

According to a report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the wreck occurred when the two vehicles were both westbound on U.S. Highway 59, shortly after 7:00.

The report states that a GMC Sierra was following too closely behind a Dodge Ram Van, with the Sierra's front bumper striking the rear bumper of the van. That caused the GMC Sierra to slide clockwise, before coming to a stop in the westbound lane of the highway.

The van ran off the north-side of the roadway before it stopped.

The driver of the van, 40-year-old Andrew Johnson, of Rushville, Missouri, was transported to Mosaic Life Care, in Saint Joseph, Missouri, for the treatment of serious injuries. His six teenage passengers, four girls and two boys ranging in age from 12 to 15, were also taken for hospital care, with six of the seven transported to Mosaic Life Care, while one teen was taken to Amberwell Atchison. They incurred injuries listed by the Patrol as ranging from moderate to serious.

The driver of the GMC Sierra, a 15-year-old boy from Atchison, suffered moderate injuries while his passenger, 50-year-old Matthew Peltzer, of Rushville, Missouri, suffered serious injuries, with both transported for hospital treatment in Saint Joseph.

The names of the teens are not made public, but the Patrol lists all of those aboard the van as residents of Rushville.