Man, 54, dies in accident on Kansas Turnpike near Mulvane

A 54-year-old man was killed on the Kansas Turnpike early Sunday when the vehicle he was riding in struck a vehicle and, when he climbed from the car, he was struck by another vehicle.

The accident happened on the turnpike near Mulvane at Mile Marker 30.2 shortly after midnight.

According to a KTA online accident report, a 2016 Chevrolet pickup driven by Wichitan Nicholas Dean Jones was attempting to turn through a barrier wall when it was struck by the 2004 Acura Danny Syakhasone was riding in. When Syakhasone climbed out of the Acura, he was struck by a third vehicle. The KTA report did not list the city Syakhasone was from, nor did it list what type or make the third vehicle was.

The first two vehicles came to rest in the southbound lanes; the third ended up in the southbound ditch.

This story was originally published May 14, 2017 at 6:07 PM with the headline "Man, 54, dies in accident on Kansas Turnpike near Mulvane."