MIAMI COUNTY—A Kansas man died in an accident just before 10a.m. Tuesday in Miami County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2016 Freightliner semi driven by Edward J. Danford, 59, Iola, was southbound on U.S. 169 just south of Ten Mile Creek. The truck traveled off the left side of the road, across the median, across the northbound lanes into the ditch and came to rest against a tree.
Danford was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported to Frontier Forensics. He was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.