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Driver killed in Kansas crash was thrown from car as it rolled, troopers say

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A man is dead after a car crash in western Kansas, state troopers said.

Emergency crews were called at around 3 p.m. Wednesday to an area of County Road 9 about four miles west of K-25 in Wichita County, the Kansas Highway Patrol said in a crash report.

Gregory Ray Martinez II was taken to the Wichita County Health Center, where he died, according to the report.

Investigators determined that Martinez was driving a 2003 Chevrolet Cavalier southbound on County Road 9 when the car left the roadway and entered the ditch. The vehicle then rolled, and the driver was thrown from the car as it rolled.

This story was originally published April 10, 2019 at 10:00 PM.

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