LABETTE COUNTY- Two people died in an accident just before 5 p.m. on Tuesday in Labette County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2005 Ford Escape driven by Hugh Scott Story, 40, Vinita, OK, was southbound on U.S. 59 five miles south of Oswego.

The vehicle traveled left of center and struck a northbound 2001 Buick Century driven by Joan Elizabeth Carrell, 70, Oswego.

Story and Carrell were pronounced dead at the scene and transported to Frontier Forensics.

Story was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.