JEFFERSON COUNTY – A Kansas man died in an accident just before 4p.m. on Friday in Jefferson County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2009 Pontiac G5 driven by Quentin D. Bertels, 36, Lawrence, was southbound on Wellman Road two miles south of Kansas 192.

The driver failed to negotiate a curve. The vehicle went off the roadway into the west ditch and struck a tree.

Bertels was pronounced dead at the scene and transported to Barnett Family Funeral Home.

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