Feb 12, 2023

Man dies after violent pickup crash on I-70

Posted Feb 12, 2023 2:00 AM

RILEY COUNTY—A man died in an accident just before 4:30p.m. Saturday in Riley County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2015 Ford F150 driven by Brian J. Butts, 60, Bridgeton, Missouri, was westbound on Interstate 70 just before Tallgrass Road.

The pickup crossed the center median continued through the eastbound lanes into the South ditch, struck a concrete culvert, became airborne, landed on its front end and overturned.

Butts was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported to Frontier Forensics. He was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.