NEOSHO COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities in Southeast Kansas are investigating a fatal hit and run crash just before 1p.m. on Thursday in Neosho County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a vehicle was northbound on U.S.169 Highway two miles north of Chanute.

The vehicle traveled left of center and hit the trailer being pulled by a southbound semi.

The collision caused the semi to travel off the roadway to the right and jackknife in the ditch.

The semi driver Bryan Wayne Brodie, 56, Neosho, MO., was pronounced dead at the scene. The other vehicle fled the scene.

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