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Winter Weather Causes Traffic Fatality in Northwest Kansas

fatal image ambulanceA Kansas City man was killed and his passenger injured Monday morning following a one-vehicle rollover caused by icy road conditions in Sherman County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reports an SUV driven by 21-yeare-old Carlos Esqueda was eastbound on I-70 near Goodland just before 9a.m.  The vehicle struck a icy patch on the roadway, lost control and entered the median  area where it rolled once, coming to rest on its wheels.

Esqueda, who was not wearing a safety belt, was ejected.

The passenger, 22-year-old  Pablo Flores of Kansas City, was injured and transported to Goodland Regional Medical Center.

Flores was wearing a seat belt.

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