OSAGE COUNTY—One person died in an accident just after 7:30p.m. Sunday on Kansas Turnpike in Osage County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2016 Harley Davidson driven by Christian Kaufman, 69, Wichita, was southbound on Interstate 335 just south of the Shawnee County line.
The motorcycle traveled off the road to the right. The driver overcorrected back onto the Turnpike and the vehicle overturned. The motorcycle skidded of the road to the right, struck a delineator post, a grassy ditch, rolled and the driver was ejected. The motorcycle continued to roll and caught fire.
Kaufman was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported to First Call. He was wearing a helmet, according to the KHP.