JOHNSON COUNTY –Three Kansas men died in an accident just after 3:15a.m. Thursday in Johnson County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2009 Ford Fusion driven by Darius J. Thomas, 21, Olathe, was eastbound on Kansas 10 Just west of Cedar Creek Parkway.

The vehicle ran off the road and hit the left guardrail.

Thomas and passengers Nicholas A. Sands, 24, and Dalton R. Suggs, 21, all of Olathe, were pronounced dead at the scene.

They were not wearing seat belts, according to the KHP.

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OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say three people have been killed in a crash in the Kansas City suburb of Olathe.

The Kansas Highway Patrol says the crash happened around 3:15 a.m. Thursday on Kansas 10. Eastbound lanes of the highway were closed as authorities investigated and cleared the wreckage. Drivers were urged to take alternative routes.

The names of the victims weren’t immediately released.