One killed when truck crashes late Monday near city of McPherson
McPheerson, Kan. (WIBW) - A man was killed in a single-vehicle crash along a dead-end road late Monday in McPherson County, officials said.
The crash was reported at 11:11 p.m. Monday near 16th Avenue and US-81 highway just southeast of the city of McPherson. The location was about a half-mile west of Interstate 135.
According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a 2002 GMC Sierra 1500 pickup truck was northbound on 16th Avenue where it reached a dead-end at US-81.
The truck continued traveling north, striking the dead-end guardrail and a culvert before coming to rest.
The driver and lone occupant of the truck, identified as Sam E. Dial, 51, of Newton, was pronounced dead at the scene. The patrol said Dial wasn’t wearing his seat belt.
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