Aug 15, 2024

Kan. man dead, 3 hospitalized after truck rollover accident

Posted Aug 15, 2024 12:30 AM

RENO COUNTY—A Kansas man died in an accident just after noon Wednesday in Reno County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2015 EZ Liner Truck, a Reno County Public Works Department vehicle, driven by Melvin Joseph Hoyle, 25, South Hutchinson, was eastbound on Pretty Prairie Road just east of High Point Road.

The truck traveled off the the roadway to the right. The driver overcorrected and re-entered the roadway.  The driver overcorrected again and the truck traveled off the road just East of High Point Road.

The truck began to re-enter the roadway again and rolled. 

A passenger David Brian Serviss, 49, Arlington, was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported to Hutchinson Funeral Chapel.

EMS transported Hoyle to Ascension Via Christi St. Francis. EMS transported passenger Casey Alan Pattinson, 35, Buhler, to Wesley Medical Center and passenger Dale DeLane Baker, 28, Buhler, to Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. The driver and passengers were not wearing seat belts, according to the KHP.