BROWN COUNTY –Two people died in an accident just before noon on Wednesday in Brown County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2013 Ford SUV driven by Douglas L. Rehfeld, 47, Overland Park, was westbound on Kansas 246.

The driver failed to stop at a posted stop sign, entered U.S.75 and was struck broadside by a 1998 Dodge Truck driven by James F. Hunter, 80, Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Rehfeld and Hunter were pronounced dead at the scene and transported to Popkess Mortuary.

A passenger in the Dodge Carol S. Martin, 70, Council Bluffs, IA., was transported to the hospital in Sabetha.

All were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.