(KNZA)--Details have been released on a fatal UTV accident last week in Doniphan County that claimed the life of a rural Troy man.

The fatal accident was reported on March 3rd on private property at Eminence and 200th Roads, west of Troy.

According to a report from the Kansas Highway Patrol, 79-year-old William "Bill" Foster was backing up to unload brush and backed over a riverbank. His UTV overturned and ended up in the Wolf River.

The Patrol says the exact time of the accident is unknown.

The report also states Foster was not wearing a helmet.

He was laid to rest Tuesday at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Severance following a service at the Highland Christian Church.

Foster spent 30 years as a teacher. He taught math and science for Troy High School, and chemistry and physics for Highland Community College.