By Associated Press - Wednesday, May 8, 2019

INDEPENDENCE, Kan. (AP) - Authorities say a 29-year-old man has died after crashing an all-terrain vehicle into a tree in southeast Kansas.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office identified the man Tuesday in a Facebook post as Jacob Morse. The post says deputies went to an Independence hospital Monday after Morse was rushed there in a non-emergency vehicle. He died of his injuries.

Witnesses said Morse crashed on the north side of the nearby Montgomery State Fishing Lake. The crash was deemed accidental.

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