(KNZA)--A single-vehicle wreck south of the Jefferson County community of Winchester Friday afternoon claimed the life of a Winchester man.
The Kansas Highway Patrol says 36-year-old Quentin Bertels, Sr. was southbound on Wellman Road when he failed to negotiate a curve and his Pontiac G5 went off the roadway into the west ditch, striking a tree.
Bertels, who was not wearing a seat belt, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The wreck was reported around 3:20 about 1.7 miles south of K-192.
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