(KNZA)--A single-vehicle wreck south of the Jefferson County community of Winchester Friday afternoon claimed the life of a Winchester man.

The Kansas Highway Patrol says 36-year-old Quentin Bertels, Sr. was southbound on Wellman Road when he failed to negotiate a curve and his Pontiac G5 went off the roadway into the west ditch, striking a tree.

Bertels, who was not wearing a seat belt, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The wreck was reported around 3:20 about 1.7 miles south of K-192.