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Northeast Kansas man killed in accident south of Hanover
Pickup overturns after going off Kansas Highway 148
Monday, August 28th 2023, 5:22 AM CDT
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Fatal accident along K-148, south of Hanover, Kansas
BEATRICE – The Kansas Highway Patrol reports a fatality in a one vehicle accident near Hanover, Kansas in Washington County…on Friday.
Authorities identified the victim as 39-year-old Nicholas Bennett, of Manhattan, Kansas. The state patrol says Bennett was driving a 2001 Chevrolet Silverado pickup west on Kansas Highway 148 when the truck went off the left side of the roadway, overturned and came to rest on its roof.
Bennett died at the scene of the accident. The KHP says it was unknown why the pickup left the highway, in the 12:10 p.m., accident.
The accident scene is about five miles south of Hanover. Investigators say Bennett was not using a safety restraint. There were no other occupants in the pickup.