CHEROKEE COUNTY — One person died in an accident just after 2p.m. Monday in Cherokee County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1989 GMC pickup driven by Bruce W. Rardin, 61, Baxter Springs, was westbound on U.S. 166 one mile east of Baxter Springs. The pickup left the roadway to the left and struck a tree.
Rardin was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported to Frontier Forensics. He was properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.