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UTV accident claims one life

By Brian Hagen

07/29/2019

(KAIR)--An early Sunday morning Pottawatomie County UTV accident claimed the life of an Onaga man.

Two others, including a Jackson County resident, suffered injuries.

According to a news release from Pottawatomie County Sheriff Greg Riat 55-year-old Brad Marten was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, which occurred north of Onaga, in the area of Onaga Road and Crevecoeur Road.

It was there that emergency crews, including Sheriff’s Deputies, Pottawatomie County EMS, and other first responders, found the Polaris UTV overturned in a ditch on Onaga Road.

Marten was driving the UTV which was also occupied by two passengers, including 49-year-old Tony Kuehl, of Hoyt, who was transported by EMS for treatment of his injuries.

37-year-old Onaga resident Preston Simmons was treated by EMS and released.

According to the investigation, the UTV was northbound on Onaga Road when it left the roadway and entered the west ditch where it overturned.

The fatal accident occurred shortly before 4:45 Sunday morning.

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