PAWNEE COUNTY —The Kansas Highway Patrol investigating a fatal crash that occurred just after 2:30p.m. April 16, in Pawnee County has identified the driver who died as Jason W. Block, 52, Kyle, Texas.
The patrol reported a 2019 Ford F150 driven by Block was westbound on U.S. Highway 56 five miles west of Garfield. The pickup traveled onto the north shoulder, into a ditch, struck a dirt embankment and rolled end over end before coming to rest in the ditch.
Block was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported to Beckwith Mortuary. He was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.