BUTLER COUNTY – One person died and two people from McPherson were injured in an accident just before 4 p.m. on Sunday in Butler County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1998 Ford Crown Victoria driven by James Edward Birch, 59, Stillwater, OK., was southbound on U.S. 77 fourteen miles north of El Dorado.

The driver lost control of the vehicle. It entered the west gravel shoulder. The driver over corrected. The Ford entered the northbound lane and collided with a 2007 Chevy Impala driven by Cheryl Brandsted, 68, McPherson.

Birch was pronounced dead at the scene and transported to Carlson and Kirby Morris Funeral Home

Brandsted and a passenger John Brandsted, 71, McPherson, were transported to St. Francis in Wichita.

All three were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.