Hays Post

MEADE COUNTY — A southwest Kansas man died late Wednesday night after a tire blew out on his vehicle in Meade County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported Calvin Dean McGonigle, 56, Ashland, was driving south on Kansas 23 about 11:20 p.m., when a tire blew out on his 1996 Ford Explorer. The vehicle entered the ditch, started to roll and then entered a culvert, ending on its top.

McGonigle was transported to Western Plains Medical Complex in Dodge City, where he later died.

According to KHP, McGonigle was not wearing a seat belt.