MORRIS COUNTY – A Kansas man died in an accident just before 3p.m. on Tuesday in Morris County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2003 Dodge Grand Caravan driven by Jean Ecklund, 77, Herington, was eastbound on U.S. 56 a mile west of Council Grove.

The van crossed the centerline going across the westbound lane and hit a culvert. The van rolled one time and came to rest in the north ditch.

A passenger Eugene Ecklud, 79, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Jean Ecklund was transported to the Morris County Hospital. She was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.