Aug 14, 2022

Great Bend man dead, 2 hospitalized after UTV strikes a tree

Posted Aug 14, 2022 11:30 AM

BARTON COUNTY—A Great Bend man died in an accident just after 9p.m. Saturday on the south side of town. 

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2022 Polaris UTV driven by Bryan A. Kramer, 42, Great Bend, was eastbound in the 3000 Block of Dike Road and struck a tree.

Kramer was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported to Bryant Funeral Home. 

EMS transported passengers 58-year-old Carl D. Andrasek and a 14-year-old boy both of Great Bend to the KU Medical Center campus in Great Bend for treatment of serious injuries. The KHP had incomplete seat belt usage information.