By JUDD WEIL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Hutchinson Police Department is investigating an April 12 crash in connection to the death of a 76-year-old man.
At 10:48 a.m., HPD officers, Hutchinson Fire Department, and Reno County EMS were dispatched to the 1700 block of E. 30th Ave. for a single vehicle crash.
It was discovered a 76-year-old man was driving westbound on E. 30th Ave. when his vehicle left the roadway and struck several objects including a light pole.
The accident caused an outage, affecting many residential customers.
"Power went out just shortly before 11 a.m., we had just about 640 people out," Kalie Bohlen, Evergy Communications Manager, said. "Pretty quickly, we were able to pick up 450 customers, and then they finished up those repairs and had everyone back on by 11:40 a.m."
Bohlen said the outage lasted about 40 minutes.
The man was transported to Hutchinson Regional Medical Center by Reno County EMS, where he was pronounced dead.
As of this writing, the victim's immediate family has not been notified, so no names will be released.
The crash is being investigated by the Hutchinson Police Department Traffic Unit. This is an ongoing investigation.
Those with any information regarding this crash, are asked to contact Traffic Officer Hammond or Traffic Officer Boudreaux at (620) 694-2854.
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