A 44-year-old man was killed in a Thursday crash in Rice County.

According to the Kansas Highway Patrol James Dean Belote of Lyons was driving a 1991 Chevy southbound on K14, .3 miles south of Ave. K. on Thursday afternoon.

The vehicle went left of center across the lane into the east ditch, traveled south in the ditch and struck a power pole. The vehicle then traveled an additional 65 feet in the ditch before coming to rest facing southeast.

Belote was transported to the hospital in Lyons where he died. He was not wearing a seat belt.