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Man killed after pickup slams into tree

A man was pronounced dead Friday afternoon after crashing into a tree in west Wichita during the evening commute, authorities said.

The crash was reported at 5:06 p.m. in the 600 block of North Country Acres, a Sedgwick County emergency dispatch supervisor said. That’s near Central and Ridge.

Officers arriving at the scene found a white Ford F50 extended cab pickup that had struck a tree, Officer Charley Davidson said. The driver, a 39-year-old man, was unresponsive and died at the scene.

The crash remains under investigation, Davidson said.

Stan Finger: 316-268-6437, @StanFinger

This story was originally published October 13, 2017 at 8:33 PM with the headline "Man killed after pickup slams into tree."

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