CLAY COUNTY—A Kansas man died in an accident just after 9p.m. Thursday in Clay County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2006 Dodge Durango driven by Kevin L. Detmer, 51, Randolph, was eastbound on 30th Road just west of Valley View Road and eight miles North of Green, Kansas.
The driver swerved to avoid a cardboard box. He then overcorrected, struck a bridge pillar and came to rest on the south shoulder under the bridge.
Dettmer was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported to Anderes-Pfeifley Funeral home in Riley, Kansas. EMS transported passengers Kyra Dettmer, 39, and an 11-year-old boy both of Randolph to St. Francis in Wichita for treatment of serious injuries. EMS transported two boys, 8-year-old and a 5-year-old, to the Clay County Hospital. The adults and children were not properly restrained, according to the KHP.