A cement truck crashed in western Kansas Tuesday afternoon, claiming the life of the driver.

The Kansas Highway Patrol says Joseph Barringer, 28, lost control of his cement truck along U.S. Highway 183, ten miles south of Hays at about 4:20 pm Tuesday. The truck went left of center, struck a bridge rail, went over the edge of the bridge and hit an embankment.

According to the crash report, Mr. Barringer was not wearing a safety belt. He was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash.