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Kansas teen dies in pickup rollover accident

COMANCHE COUNTY — A Kansas teen died in an accident just after 1:30a.m. Sunday in Comanche County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2001 Dodge Ram pickup driven by Joaquin Alonso Rivero-Venegas, 18, Coldwater, was northbound on County Road 5 one mile south of Protection.

The driver lost control of the vehicle. It left the road, rolled one time, came to rest on its top and the driver was partially ejected and trapped.

Rivero-Venegas was transported to Comanche County Hospital where he died. He was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.

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