LANE COUNTY – A man from Hays died in an accident just after 2:30p.m. on Wednesday in Lane County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2013 Kenworth semi driven by Rodney Carroll, 40, Hays, was westbound on Kansas 4 thirteen miles north east of Dighton

The semi left the roadway to the right, traveled down an embankment and rolled ejecting the driver and pinning him under the trailer.

Carroll was pronounced dead at the scene and transported to the Lane County Mortuary

He was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.