A driver was killed in a single-vehicle crash in McPherson County late Monday night.

According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 51-year-old Sam Dial of Newton was driving a GMC Sierra pickup truck headed north on  on 16th Avenue, approaching a dead-end at US 81 Highway. The truck struck the dead-end guardrail and a culvert before coming to rest.

Dial, who was not buckled up, died at the scene,

The crash happened shortly after 11:00 Monday night in McPherson County 1/2 mile from I 135 on  16th Avenue at US 81 Highway.