Kansas man dies in crash near Norton and Barnes

(From the Springfield Police Department)

The Springfield Police Department was dispatched to a single-vehicle crash near Norton and Barnes at 10:07 a.m. on Oct. 29. 

A 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by Steven Constance, 70, of Arkansas City, Kan., was westbound on I-44 when it went off the roadway to the north of the interstate. 

The vehicle traveled approximately 1,000 yards along the side of the highway and then crossed a water retention area south of a church at 3020 N. Barnes. The vehicle went airborne across Barnes and over the fence surrounding Bill & Payne Stewart Golf Course, and it then came to rest on its roof after hitting a tree on the golf course. Constance died at the scene. 

It is believed the crash occurred as the result of a medical emergency. His cause of death has not been confirmed. Next of kin has been notified.

This marks the sixteenth fatality crash in Springfield for 2017.