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Kansas man dies after truck crash into tree, fire

CRAWFORD COUNTY-A Kansas man died in an accident just after 8p.m. on Wednesday in Crawford County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1993 Ford truck driven by Darryl D. Skaggs, 59, Pittsburg, was southbound on south 220th Road two miles south of Pittsburg.

The vehicle left the roadway, entered the ditch, hit a junction box, a tree and caught fire.

Skaggs was pronounced dead at the scene and transported to Frontier Forensics.

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

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