HUGOTON – Two Kansas men died and three others were injured in an accident just before 6:30 a.m. on Saturday in Stevens County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2008 Chevy Uplander driven by Andres Sandval, 37, Liberal was south bound on County Road 20 seven miles east of Hugoton.
The vehicle left the roadway and entered into east ditch.
The driver over corrected, came back onto the roadway, started a side skid, entered the ditch a second time and rolled.
Sandval and a passenger Juan Sebastian-Diago, 26, Liberal, were transported to Stevens County hospital where they died.
Two additional passengers Javier Villaneuva, 41, and Diego Villanueva, 23, both of Liberal were also transported to Stevens County Hospital.
A fifth passenger Michael Adam-Facio, 26, Liberal was transported to Southwest Medical Center.
The KHP reported Sandval and Sebastian-Diago were not wearing seat belts.