MEADE COUNTY – A woman from Russell died in an accident just before 3a.m. on Sunday in Meade County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2006 Harley Davidson driven by Ronald Richard Garber, 36, Meade, was eastbound on Kansas 23 eight miles south of Meade.

The motorcycle was traveling at a high rate of speed and attempting to exit onto V Road. The driver lost control and struck a signpost. Both occupants were ejected.

Garber and a passenger Sarah Marie Adkins, 32, Russell, were pronounced dead at the scene and transported to Fidler-Orme Bachman mortuary in Meade.

They were not wearing helmets, according to the KHP.