Austin J. Wagoner Obituary, Death – A man has died following a single-vehicle accident that occurred late Wednesday night on a highway in southwestern Kansas, according to officials. The crash was reported at 10:35 p.m. on US-54 highway, approximately one mile east of Meade.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported that a 2016 Kia Forte was traveling westbound on US-54 when it veered across the center line into the eastbound lanes and continued through the median. The vehicle then struck a culvert and launched over US-160 highway before rolling multiple times.
After rolling, the Kia Forte cleared a barbed-wire fence and finally came to a stop. The driver, identified as 37-year-old Austin J. Wagoner from Albuquerque, New Mexico, was transported to St. Catherine’s Hospital in Dodge City, where he was pronounced dead.
The patrol noted that Wagoner, who was the sole occupant of the vehicle, was wearing his seat belt at the time of the accident.