Two people are dead following a single-vehicle crash in Cherokee County.

According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, the crash happened around 5:45pm yesterday evening on Southeast 110th Street, about a quarter-mile north of Southeast Turkey Creek Road, three miles north of Galena. Troopers say a 1996 Mercury Grand Marquis was traveling northbound when it struck the right side of the Spring River Bridge. The vehicle then entered a skid, left the roadway to the left and struck a tree.

The driver, 19-year-old Cameron Witham of Webb City, Missouri, and a passenger, 18-year-old Audrey Witham of Joplin, Missouri, were both killed in the crash. According to KHP, both occupants were wearing seat belts at the time of the crash. The crash remains under investigation by the Kansas Highway Patrol.