LAFAYETTE COUNTY —Two people died in an accident just after 6:30p.m. Tuesday in Lafayette County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2006 Pontiac driven by Samantha D. Rios, 20, Kansas City, Kan., was westbound on Interstate 70 just east of Johnson Drive.

The driver lost control of the vehicle on the ice-covered roadway. It skidded into the median. The vehicle traveled out of the median into the left lane and into the path of a semi.

A passenger in the Pontiac Wendy R. Rios, 19, Altamont, IL., was pronounced dead at athe scene.

Passenger Kaleb A. Huddlestun, 21, Effingham, IL., was transported to Centerpointe Hospital where he died

Samantha Rios and a third passenger Ryan M. Kumm, 19, Independence, MO., were transported to Centerpointe Hospital for treatment of minor injuries. The semi driver from New York was not injured. All five were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the MSHP.