BARBER COUNTY, Kan. —Two people died in an accident just after 3p.m. Saturday in Barber County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2015 Harley Davidson motorcycle driven by Brandon Husband, 42, Fowler, was southbound on East River Road thirteen miles northwest of Medicine Lodge.

A vulture came out of the north ditch and struck the driver in the head. The vehicle traveled off the road into the north ditch, struck a barbed wire fence and overturned.

Husband was pronounced dead at the scene and transported to Larison Funeral Home. A passenger Jennifer Husband, 43, of Fowler, was transported to Wesley Medical Center where she died. They were not wearing helmets, according to the KHP.

Barber County is in south-central Kansas.

*Information for this story came from Hays Post*