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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."

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