HIAWATHA (AP) – Two people have died in a collision with a freight train at a railroad crossing in northeast Kansas.

Brown County Sheriff John Merchant says a pickup truck driven by 59-year-old Thurman Turner collided with a Union Pacific train around 10 a-m, Monday north of Hiawatha.

Merchant says Thurman and 18-year-old passenger Veronica Hogle were pronounced dead at the scene. Both were from Hiawatha.

Turner was well known in the Hiawatha area for rallying fellow motorcycle riders to take part in fund-raising rides for charity

The cause of the crash is under investigation.