GOVE COUNTY – A truck driver died in an accident just after 1:30a.m. on Saturday in Gove County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2015 Freightliner semi tractor driven by Donald E Jones, 67, Broomfield, CO., was eastbound on Interstate 70 two miles east of Grinnell.

The driver lost control of the vehicle. It entered the median and rolled onto the left side pinning the driver.

Jones was pronounced dead at the scene and transported to Schmitt Funeral Home.

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