SEDGWICK COUNTY—One person died in an accident just before 2:30a.m. Monday in Sedgwick County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2017 Dodge Charger driven by Luis Fernando Ramos-Tafolla, 28, Wichita, was southbound on Interstate 135 in the right lane. The car rear-ended a 1999 Toyota Camry driven by Jessie Lee Johnson, 60, Wichita.
The Dodge left the road to the right, struck the KDOT barrier, a light pole, vaulted over the edge of Interstate 135 and struck the on ramp from 13th Street to I-135 before landing under I-135.
The Toyota spun around, struck the right KDOT barrier and came to rest in the left lane.
Johnson was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported to the Sedgwick County Forensics Center. EMS transported Ramos-Tafolla and passengers in the Toyota Brady Lee Davis, 62, and Sherry Elaine Baker, 52, both of Wichita to local hospitals. Baker was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP. The agency did not have details on Baker's seat belt usage.
The crash shut down a stretch of Interstate 135 for several hours early Monday.
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Police say one person has died and three others were injured in a two-vehicle crash in northeastern Wichita that shut down a stretch of Interstate 135 for several hours.
The crash happened around 2:30 a.m. Monday at Interstate 135 and 13th Street.
Investigators determined that one car rear-ended another, sending that car over a guardrail of the elevated interstate to the ground below. Police say a person in the car that remained on the interstate died and two others were injured. Police said the driver of that vehicle sent over the side of the interstate is being treated at a hospital.