(KNZA)--A Wednesday afternoon two-vehicle Brown County wreck claimed the life of a Hiawatha woman.

The Kansas Highway Patrol says it happened at the intersection of U.S. 73 Highway and 230th Street, just south of Hiawatha, around 1:15.

The Patrol reports 78-year-old Marlene Watts was northbound on U.S. 73 when she attempted to make a left turn and head west on 230th Street.

The Patrol says Watts failed to yield the right-of-way to a southbound semi-tractor trailer and her car was struck in the passenger side doors.

Both vehicles traveled off the roadway to the southwest of the intersection and down into the grass ditch where they came to rest.

Watts, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver of the semi, 39-year-old Morrill resident Brent Wikle, was not hurt. The Patrol says he was buckled up at the time of the wreck.