(KAIR)--Two Atchison County residents were killed Friday afternoon in a head-on collision in Leavenworth County.

Leavenworth County Undersheriff Major Jim Sherley said the crash was reported  around 3:40 at U.S. 73 Highway and Rowe Road.

Sherley said the two occupants in one of the vehicle's, both from Cummings, were pronounced dead at the scene.

Their names are being withheld pending the notification of next-of-kin.

Sherley said the driver of the second vehicle, also from Atchison County, was taken to an area hospital with critical injuries.

The wreck remains under investigation.

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