Mission man killed in I-70 traffic crash
A 69-year-old Mission man was killed in a Sunday morning traffic crash in central Kansas.
The Kansas Highway Patrol said that Larry J. Velasquez was driving east on Interstate 70 near Abilene just after 7 a.m. Sunday when his Jeep Grand Cherokee ran off the road.
The Jeep drove through a ditch and up an embankment before striking a tree.
It then rolled into a ditch and ended up on its side, according to the patrol.
Tony Rizzo: 816-234-4435, @trizzkc
This story was originally published April 25, 2016 at 8:39 AM with the headline "Mission man killed in I-70 traffic crash."