JEFFERSON COUNTY (KSNT) – A local man is dead after suffering a medical emergency and crashing his vehicle in Jefferson County.
Personnel with the Kansas Highway Patrol (KHP) said the crash happened at 6 a.m. on Nov. 8 near the intersection of 170th Street and Coal Creek Road. The crash involved only a single vehicle: a 2008 Chrysler Town & Country minivan.
Troopers said the driver of the Chrysler turned left onto Coal Creek Road from 170th Street. The driver then went off the roadway into the east ditch, traveling down an embankment and hitting a tree with the Chrysler coming to a stop on its left side.
KHP staff said the driver, identified as Dustin D. Ogden, 38, of Valley Falls, died due to a medical condition and not injuries related to the crash. A passenger in the Chrysler, a 49-year-old Valley Falls woman, was uninjured. Ogden was wearing a seat belt while the passenger did not have a seat belt on, according to the KHP.
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