(KNZA)--An early Friday evening two-vehicle Brown County crash claimed the life of a Sabetha couple.

The Kansas Highway Patrol says it happened on U.S. 36 Highway, about a half-mile east of Goldfinch Road, just after 5:00.

According to the KHP report, 63-year-old David Koch was driving a motorcycle that crossed the center line and struck a pickup truck driven by 61-year-old Timothy Rottinghaus, of Baileyville.

David Koch and his passenger, 62-year-old Odetta Koch, were pronounced dead at the scene.

Rottinghaus and a passenger in his pickup were not hurt.