Nicholas Brull/Photo credit: Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home, Atchison

 

Editor's note: Originally posted Monday, this story remains updated to include new details. .

 

(KAIR)--An Effingham man has been publicly identified as the person killed after exiting a moving UTV Sunday night in Jefferson County.

20-year-old Nicholas Brull was named as the victim of the accident, which occurred shortly before 9:00, about 4.5 miles north of Valley Falls, according to WIBW-TV, citing the Kansas Highway Patrol.

According to the KHP, Brull was a passenger in one of two UTVs traveling eastbound on Half Mound Road at Coal Creek Road. The UTVs were traveling alongside one another.

The KHP’s preliminary report identified Brull as “the rear passenger of Vehicle 1”, who, for unexplained reason, exited the UTV while it was in motion and was struck by the second UTV, resulting in fatal injuries.

Brull, a 2024 graduate of Atchison County Community High School, will be laid to rest Saturday, according to his obituary from Atchison’s Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held that morning at 10:30 at St. Ann’s Church, in Effingham, prior to burial in the church cemetery.

Among Brull’s survivors are his parents, Brian and Christy Brull, his brother, Tanner, and his grandparents, Steve and Peggy Coder and Marilyn Brull.