JUNCTION CITY – One person died and two were injured in an accident just after 6 a.m. on Sunday in Geary County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2015 Chevy Malibu driven by Ronald E. Stump, Jr, 35, Belleville, was southbound on Laurel Canyon Road five miles north of Kansas 244

The vehicle came to a dead end, traveled off the end of roadway, rolled down embankment and came to a rest on its top.

Stump Jr. was pronounced dead at the scene and transported to Penwell-Gabel.

Passengers in the Malibu Wesley A. Peters, 33, and Kayleen J. Notter, 26 both of Belleville were transported to Geary Community Hospital.

The KHP reported they were not wearing seat belts.