SEDGWICK COUNY—One person died in an accident just after 3:30a.m. Friday in Sedgwick County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2011 Chevy Malibu driven by Shanlie Tatyana Smiley, 28, Wichita, was northbound on Interstate 135 at 45th Street.
The vehicle left the roadway on the right, bounced off the guardrail, traveled back across the interstate, left the roadway on the left and struck a cement bridge pillar in the center median.
The vehicle came to rest in the center median. The driver was not wearing a seatbelt. Airbags deployed and the driver was trapped in the vehicle.
Smiley was pronounced dead at the scene and transported to Sedgwick County Forensics Science Center.
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SEDGWICK COUNY—One person died in an accident just after 3:30a.m. Friday in Sedgwick County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported the vehicle was northbound on Interstate 135 at 45th Street.
The vehicle left the roadway on the right, bounced off the guardrail, traveled back across the interstate, left the roadway on the left and struck a cement bridge pillar in the center median.
The vehicle came to rest in the center median. The driver was not wearing a seatbelt. Airbags deployed and the driver was trapped in the vehicle. The accident remains under investigation.
Early Saturday the KHP still had not released the name of the driver or additional details.