CHETOPA – A Kansas man died in an accident just after 7 p.m. on Friday in Labette County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a Dixon lawn mower driven by Jason Simpson, 42, Chetopa, exited a yard at 2434 County Road 4000, into the path of a westbound 1995 Ford F 150 driven by Dustin Fraker, 23, Oswego.

The vehicles collided and ultimately came to rest on 4000 Road.

Simpson was transported to Mercy Hospital in Joplin where he died.

Fraker and two children in the Ford were not injured.

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CHETOPA – A Kansas man died in an accident just after 7 p.m. on Friday in Labette County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol is investigating an accident involving a Dixon 54 inch zero-turn lawnmower driven by Jason Simpson, 42, Chetopa, and a 1995 Ford F 150 driven by Dustin Fraker, 23, Oswego, on 4000 Road just East of U.S. 59, north of Chetopa.

Simpson was transported to Mercy Hospital in Joplin where he died.

Fraker and two children in the Ford were not injured.

Details of the crash have not been released.