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Kansas man dies after SUV sideswipes truck

fatal crash accidentLAWRENCE- A Kansas man died in an accident just after 2 p.m. on Tuesday in Douglas County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2002 Ford Explorer driven by Marvin W. Buzzard, 67, LeCompton, was westbound on North 1800 Road just east of Kansas 10 near Lawrence. The vehicle went left of center sideswiped a Mack truck.

Buzzard was pronounced dead at the scene.
The truck driver Nathan Daniel Heinen, 32, Valley Falls, was not injured.

The KHP reported Buzzard was not wearing a seat belt.

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