RUSSELL COUNTY – A man from Russell died in an accident just after 10p.m. on Friday in Russell County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1992 Suzuki motorcycle driven by James Howard Zordel, 59, was northbound on 189th Street six miles south of Interstate 70 when the motorcycle collided with a black cow.

Zordel was pronounced dead at the scene and transported to Pohlman Verner Peeler Mortuary

He was not wearing a helmet, according to the KHP.