ALTOONA, Kan.–A Kansas man was killed in Monday crash in Wilson County.  The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2004 GMC van driven by Richard Gene Hawkins, 53, Fort Scott was westbound on K-47 two miles east of Altoona. The van crossed over the road into the south shoulder.

The driver overcorrected causing the vehicle to skid broadside across the highway. The vehicle entered the north ditch, overturned striking a fence and coming to rest on its top.

Hawkins was pronounced dead at the scene.  He was transported to Frontier Forensics Midwest.

The KHP reported he was not wearing a seat belt.