Brandon H. Stein, 30, killed, after his car collides with a tractor-trailer, in poor visibility due to a dust storm, on U.S. Highway 56 near Great Bend.

The Kansas Highway Patrol says blowing dust caused an accident that killed a man in central Kansas.

Brandon H. Stein, 30, of Great Bend, died Monday afternoon in an accident on U.S. 56 about seven miles west of Great Bend.

The patrol said Stein’s vehicle collided with the trailer of a semi-trailer truck that had stopped in the eastbound lanes of the highway because of visibility problems caused by the dust and other accidents.

First responders reported zero visibility when they tried to reach the accident, prompting authorities to close the highway from Great Bend to Pawnee Rock.

According to highway patrol crash logs, Stein wasn’t wearing a seat belt when the crash occurred.