HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — A Hutchinson man has died in a crash in central Kansas that happened as he was being chased by a sheriff’s deputy.

The Friday night crash killed 25-year-old Angel Montiel. Officials say Montiel was fleeing a Rice County Sheriff’s deputy in a chase that began in Rice County and extended into Reno County.

Investigators say Montiel was driving a minivan south on Wilson Road when he went off the left side of the road just before 10 p.m. and sideswiped a tree about halfway between Hutchinson and Nickerson.

The Kansas State Patrol says the minivan spun out of control, and Montiel was thrown from the vehicle. The patrol says he died at the scene.

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RENO COUNTY — A Hutchinson man died in an accident just before 10p.m. Friday in Reno County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2005 Chrysler Town and Country driven by Angel Montiel, 25,  was southbound on Wilson Road just south of Nickerson Boulevard.

The vehicle left the roadway, sideswiped a tree, spun out of control and came to a stop facing northwest. The driver was ejected.

Montiel was pronounced dead at the scene and transported to the Sedgwick County Forensics Center. He was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.