JEFFERSON COUNTY- Four people died in an accident just after 3pm. on Sunday in Jefferson County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1995 Ford Ranger pickup driven by Ronald D. Heston, 56, Oskaloosa, was westbound on U.S. 24 one mile west of Perry.

The vehicle left the roadway onto the north shoulder and the driver overcorrected.

The pickup then travelled back across the roadway into the eastbound lanes and hit a 2001 Ford Windstar minivan driven by Travis D. Askew, 35, Basehor, head-on.

Askew and passengers Ashley A. Askew 27, and a 6-month-old child both of Basehor, were pronounced dead at the scene and transported to Frontier Forensics.

Heston was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported by Barnett’s Funeral Home in Oskaloosa.

Two passenger in the van Linda J. Askew, 5, and Lilly Askew 3 both of Basehor were transported to Stormont Vail.

Heston and Ashley Askew were not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.

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PERRY, Kan. (AP) — Four people were killed when two vehicles collided head-on in eastern Kansas.

The Lawrence Journal-World reports the crash occurred Sunday afternoon on U.S. Highway 24 near Perry.

Casey Quigley, fire chief of Perry and Kentucky Township in Jefferson County, said the four people killed were in a pickup and SUV that collided head-on. He says two other people were injured.

He says one of the vehicles was on fire when emergency responders arrived.

Quigley says the cause of the crash is under investigation.