JEFERSON COUNTY—One person died in an accident just after 6a.m. Sunday in Jefferson County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2008 Chrysler Town & Country driven by Dustin Davey Ogden, 38, Valley Falls, turned left onto Coal Creek Road from 170th Street.
The van traveled off the roadway to the left into the east ditch, continued down the embankment, struck a tree and rolled onto its left side. Ogden died as the result of a medical condition, not injuries sustained in the accident, according to the KHP.
He was transported to Barnett's Funeral Home. A female passenger in the van was not wearing a seat belt but not injured, according to the KHP.