BENTON COUNTY— Two people died and a driver was arrested after an accident just after 2:30p.m. Friday in Benton County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2003 Ford F150 driven by Kurt B. Eisenger, 62, Warsaw, was westbound on Highway H just east of Heits Pointe Avenue.

The vehicle traveled off the right side of the road. The driver overcorrected and the pickup traveled off the left side of the road, hit a rock cliff and overturned.

Passengers Barbara S. Adams, 66, and Johnnie R. Adams, 64, both of Warsaw were pronounced dead at the scene. Warsaw Fire and EMS transported 5-year-old passenger Rodney Pettis of Sedalia to Bothwell Regional for observation.

The MSHP arrested Kurt Eisenger and transported him to the Benton County jail on requested charges of involuntary manslaughter, driving while intoxicated and endangering the welfare of a child

Eisenger and the other occupants of the pickup were not wearing seat belts, according to the MSHP.