DOUGLAS COUNTY—A Kansas teen died in an accident near Clinton Lake in Douglas County.
The victim of the crash has been identified as 17-year-old Brody Minton of Lawrence, according to a media release from the Douglas County Sheriff. Family members reported him missing on Monday and law enforcement had attempted to find him. Douglas County sheriff's deputies searched Monday and Tuesday searched extensively including the campgrounds at Clinton Lake and were working to locate his vehicle in the area.
Just after 5:30p.m. Tuesday, a person called dispatchers after locating tracks in the area and finding a vehicle in a wooded area east of the road in the 900 Block of N 1150 Road. The callers found the 1997 Nissan Altima and Brody was in the car. The Douglas County Sheriff's Office Crash Reconstruction Team is investigating the details surrounding the crash.
Deputies temporarily closed East 900 Road, known as the dam road at Clinton Lake, for the DGSO Crash Reconstruction Team to investigate the crash.