Two people are dead in Barber County after a crash that involved a vulture.

The crash happened Saturday just after 3 p.m. on River Road, 13 miles NW of Medicine Lodge.

The Kansas Highway Patrol says a man and a woman were headed southeast on River Road when a vulture came out of the north ditch and struck the driver in the head.

The motorcycle then went off the road into the north ditch, struck a barbwire fence and over turned. Both died as a result of the crash.

Troopers are not releasing the names of the victims until next of kin is notified.