BROWN COUNTY—Two people died in an accident just before 7a.m. Tuesday in Brown County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2004 Chevy Silverado driven by Rodney Paul Lierz, 55, Powhattan, was westbound on 170th Road at Goldfinch Road one half mile south of Powhattan.
The pickup struck a northbound Hyundai Elantra driven by 34-year-old Darliss Jeneane Whitebird of Holton on the passenger side.
Whitebird and a 10-year-old boy from Horton were pronounced dead at the scene. EMS transported an 8-year-old boy in the Hyundia and Lierz to the Hiawatha hospital. The boy was later transferred to Children's Mercy. All four were properly restrained, according to the KHP.