Nov 18, 2024

Kansas man dies after ejected in violent rollover crash

Posted Nov 18, 2024 10:00 AM

BROWN COUNTY —One person died in an accident just after 8:30p.m. Sunday in Brown County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2013 Kia Sorento driven by Richard E. Childress, 76, Hiawatha, was eastbound on U.S. 36 approaching Goldfinch Road  four and one hald miles east of Fairview.

The SUV traveled off the the roadway to the north, traveled eastbound in the ditch, struck a highway sign, vaulted, rolled and the driver was ejected.

Childress was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported to Chapel Oaks Funeral Home. He was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.