Mar 22, 2024

Undersheriff: Alcohol a possible factor in crash that killed Kansas man

Posted Mar 22, 2024 10:00 AM

BUTLER COUNTY —One person died in an accident just after 6p.m. Wednesday in Butler County.

A truck and trailer driven by Blake Randall Strasser, 59, of rural Whitewater was westbound on NW 100th Street near Tawakoni Road, according to Butler County Undersheriff Daimon Cundiff.

The driver lost control of the truck. It left the roadway and to rest in the tree row on the north side of the road.

Strasser was pronounced dead at the scene. Preliminary investigation indicates that Strasser was not wearing a seatbelt and alcohol is suspected, but not confirmed, to be a factor, according to Cundiff.