Oct 05, 2022

Sheriff IDs Kansas man who died in shop accident

Posted Oct 05, 2022 5:30 PM

ELLIS COUNTY —A Wakeeney man died Wednesday after a tag axel from a semi fell on him in an Ellis County shop near Hays.

Just before 7:30 a.m., the Ellis County Sheriff's Office and Ellis County EMS were dispatched to 1298 Bison Road to assist a man that was severely injured due to a vehicle falling on him," according to an announcement from the department

The victim was identified by the department as Jason Lee Brown, 44. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The county coroner was notified and the cause of death remains under investigation, the department said.