GREAT BEND, Kan. (AP) - Authorities say a man was found dead near his vehicle in western Kansas after it became stuck in a ditch in freezing temperatures.
Barton County Sheriff Brian Bellendir says 68-year-old Ronald Reuber, of Nickerson, apparently became lost Friday and drove onto a minimally maintained rural road that was filled with freezing water from a snowstorm that hit three weeks earlier. Reuber then slid into a ditch. His body was found Saturday.
Bellendir says it appears hypothermia contributed to his death.
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