A 44-year-old woman was hospitalized on Kauai and three others suffered minor injuries after three cars collided Thursday on Kuhio Highway in Waipouli.

Kauai police said the three vehicles were traveling south at 1:30 p.m. on the highway just south of mile marker 7 near the Coconut Marketplace heading towards Lihue when one of the vehicles, a white Nissan sedan, rear-ended a brown GMC SUV, and that vehicle then rear-ended a silver Chevrolet sedan.

The driver of the Nissan sedan, a Maui woman, suffered chest and back pain and was transported to Wilcox Hospital.

The other drivers involved in the crash and a passenger in the Chevrolet sustained minor injuries and were treated and released at the scene.