Posted March 09, 2019 02:35pm
(KNZA)--The victim of a fatal late Friday night Brown County crash has been identified.
The Kansas Highway Patrol says killed in the wreck on Kingfisher Road about one mile south of Hiawatha was 65-year-old Clay Smith, of Hiawatha.
The Patrol reports Smith was northbound when his Jeep Liberty veered off the road and struck a railroad track. The vehicle continued north where it struck a culvert and overturned in the ditch.
Smith was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Patrol says he was wearing a seatbelt when the wreck happened shortly before 10:30 Friday night.