An Indiana man died Tuesday night when the 2001 International truck he was driving crashed in Ness County. Kansas Highway Patrol reports the accident occurred at 9:40 p.m., 2.9 miles south of K-96 on County Road C, or 2 miles south of the city of Beeler.
Justin D. Leighty, 41, of Warsaw, Indiana, was driving north on County Road C. For an unknown reason the truck left the roadway to the left, returned to the roadway and overturned, rolling once and ejecting the driver. He was not wearing a seat belt.
Leighty was taken to Fitzgerald Funeral Home in Ness City.
The truck was removed by South West Towing.