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Sheriff: Alcohol and Speed Possible Factors in Fatal Crash

5-7 fatal 2The Saline County Sheriff’s Office believes alcohol and speed were possible factors in a fatal crash early Saturday in southeast Saline County that killed a 30-year-old man.

Investigator Jeremiah Hayes said deputies were called the the 8600 block of E. K-4 Highway southeast of Gypsum to the report of an accident at about 6:05 a.m.

Pictures from Saline County Sheriff's Office.
Photos: Saline County Sheriff’s Office.

When emergency crews arrived, they found John Breen had been ejected from the Ford F-250 he had been driving eastbound on K-4. It appeared the truck rolled two to three times before coming to rest in a field.

Hayes said several beer cans were found in the vehicle and around the crash site and speed was a possible factor. An autopsy was also ordered.

Breen was pronounced dead at the scene.

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