DICKINSON COUNTY – A Kansas man died in an accident just after 7 a.m. on Sunday in Dickinson County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by Larry J. Velasquez, 69, Mission, was eastbound on Interstate 70 one mile east of Abilene.

The Jeep traveled off the road, down thru ditch, up an embankment, struck a cedar tree, and rolled back down into ditch.

Velasquez was pronounced dead at the scene and transported to Danner Funeral Home.

He was properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.