FRANKLIN COUNTY- Two people died in an accident just before 7 p.m. on Tuesday in Franklin County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1991 Toyota Camry driven by April L. Brown, 28, Kansas City was southbound on Interstate 35 four miles north of Ottawa.

The driver lost control of vehicle. It crossed the median.

A northbound 2006 Infiniti G-6 driven by Courtney J Houston, 28, Wellsville, struck the Toyota broadside.

Brown and a passenger Jeremiah “JJ” Persinger, 9, Kansas City, were pronounced dead at the scene and transported to Frontier Forensics.

Another passenger in the Toyota James F. Whitfield, 46, Kansas City, was transported to Overland Park Regional.

Houston was transported to KU Medical Center.

Brown was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.