The Kansas Highway Patrol said a Goddard man was struck and killed by an SUV on a highway in Wichita after he stopped to retrieve something that fell from his truck.
Troopers said 69-year-old Joel Troyer was driving south on I-135 near Lincoln around 8:20 Friday morning. Something fell from the back of his pickup and he stopped in the traffic lane. He got out and recovered the item, but he was hit by an SUV. Troyer was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver and passenger in the SUV were not hurt.
[ photo: KWCH, KanDrive ]
