COLBY, Kan. — One person died in an accident just before 6:30 a.m. on Friday in Thomas County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1999 Pontiac driven by Stephen A. Kaufman, 30, West Lafayette, IN., was traveling south on U.S. 83 twenty-three miles east of Colby.

The vehicle entered the ditch and overturned.

Kaufman was transported to Citizens Medical Center where he died.
The KHP reported he was not wearing a seat belt.