Nov 08, 2020

Kansas man dies after truck strikes a tree

Posted Nov 08, 2020 10:48 AM

POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY—One person died in an accident just before 6:30p.m. Saturday in Pottawatomie County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2007 Western 4900 driven by Richard L. Forst, 60, Marysville, was north bound in the 22400 Block of Spring Creek Road. The truck left the right side of the roadway and struck a tree.

EMS transported Forst to Community Hospital Onaga where he died. He was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.