WEIR-A Kansas woman died in an accident just after 7 p.m. on Saturday in Cherokee County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2002 Ford Focus driven by Joshua Coleman, 32, Pittsburg, was south bound on NE 50th  one mile northeast of Weir.

The driver lost control of the vehicle. It went off the west side of the road and struck a tree.

A passenger in the vehicle Chrystene Weller, 28, Pittsburg, was pronounced dead at the scene and transported to Frontier Forensics in Kansas City.

Coleman was transported to Freeman Health Systems.

The KHP reported he was not wearing a seat belt.