BUTLER COUNTY – One person died in an accident just after 2a.m. on Friday in Butler County.

The Kansas Turnpike Authority reported a 2007 Toyota RAV 4 driven by Charles Addison Shoenhair, 31, College Station, TX, was northbound on the Kansas Turnpike just north of the Andover exit.

The vehicle hit horses in the road.

Shoenhair was pronounced dead at the scene.

Travel on the turnpike was re-opened just after 5 a.m.  The accident remains under investigation.