CHEROKEE COUNTY —Two people died in an accident just before 6p.m. Thursday in Cherokee County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1996 Mercury Grand Marquis driven by Cameron G Witham, 19, Webb City, was northbound on SE 110th Street just north of SE Turkey Creek Road, three miles North of Galena. The car struck the right side of the Spring River Bridge, entered into a skid, traveled off the roadway to the left and struck a tree.
Witham and a passenger Audrey N Witham, 18, Joplin, were pronounced dead at the scene and were transported to Derfelt Funeral Home in Galena. They were both properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.