FRANKLIN COUNTY—One person died in an accident just after 2p.m. Monday in Franklin County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1997 Honda Odyssey driven by William R. Cox, 68, Clinton, MO., was southbound on Interstate 35 one mile south of Kentucky Road.
The van drifted off the right side of the road, struck a tree and came to rest about 100 feet off the roadway in the ditch.
Cox was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported to First Call. He was properly restrained, according to the KHP.