May 16, 2023

90-year-old Kansas man dies after car overturns

Posted May 16, 2023 7:00 PM
photo courtesy WIBW TV
photo courtesy WIBW TV

WABAUNSEE COUNTY—A Kansas man died in an accident just before 9:30a.m. Tuesday in Wabaunsee County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2005 Buick LeSabre driven by 90-year-old Charles Richard Thomas of Eskridge was  southbound in the 29500 Block of Keene Eskridge Road.

The car veered off of the west side of the roadway. The driver overcorrected and the vehicle traveled across both lanes of traffic,  entered the east ditch causing the vehicle to overturned.

EMS transported Thomas to Stormont Vail where he was pronounced deceased. He was properly restrained, according to the KHP.