Jan 19, 2023

Kansas man dies after semi overturns down embankment

Posted Jan 19, 2023 11:00 AM

BROWN COUNTY —A Kansas man died in an accident just before 2:30p.m. Wednesday in Brown County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2017 Freightliner semi driven by Cody Thomas Carson, 24, Muscotah, was westbound on 330th Road near Raccoon Road.

The vehicle left the roadway to the right, overturned, struck a culvert, and came to rest in the north ditch at the base of a steep embankment.

Carson was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported to Dishon-Maple-Chaney Mortuary. He was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.