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Kansas man dies in semi-truck crash

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. Wichita Eagle

One semi-truck driver was killed in eastern Kansas when he drifted off the highway for an unknown reason, a report from the Kansas Highway Patrol says.

Duayne Scott Powell, 58, of Waverly, was pulling a 2015 Wilson trailer on northbound I-35 in Franklin County when he drifted off the road and into a field. The truck came to rest at Shawnee and Vermont roads, just a couple miles south of Wellsville.

The crash was reported at 8:44 a.m. on Wednesday.

Powell was pronounced dead at the scene.

Kaitlyn Alanis: 316-269-6708, @kaitlynalanis

This story was originally published January 4, 2018 at 8:42 AM with the headline "Kansas man dies in semi-truck crash."

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