JEWELL COUNTY —A Kansas man died in an accident just after 10:30a.m. Tuesday in Jewell County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2000 Volvo semi driven by Rodney Brown, 55, Salina, was westbound on U.S. 36 just east of 300 Road.
A pedestrian identified as Gabriel Rupp, 18, Hays, was near the westbound roadway on the north shoulder of U.S. 36 loading traffic control equipment into a trailer which was in the roadway pulled by a 2015 GMC Sierra.
The semi failed to stop in time and hit Rupp. The semi came to rest in the north ditch. Rupp was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported to Melby Mortuary.
Brown was not injured and properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.