PARSONS, Kan. (AP) — A woman is jailed after she allegedly hit and killed a pedestrian while driving under the influence in Parsons this week.
Police say 29-year-old William Treiber, of St. Paul, died when he was hit Wednesday night as he walked in the shoulder of a highway in Parsons.
The driver left the scene.
Tiffany Jakee, 29, of Parsons, is jailed in the Labette County jail on possible charges including involuntary manslaughter while driving under the influence.
A Kansas Highway Patrol crash report says Jakee passed another vehicle in a no-passing zone, then drove onto the shoulder, where Treiber was struck.
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LABETTE COUNTY — One person died in an accident just before 9:30p.m. Wednesday in Labette County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2007 Ford passenger vehicle driven by Tiffany N. Jakee, 29, Parsons, was southbound on U.S. 59 south of Larsen Boulevard.
The vehicle traveled left of center, passed another southbound vehicle in a no passing zone, drove partially off the roadway onto the northbound shoulder and struck a pedestrian identified as William A. Treiber, 29, St. Paul, Kansas, who was walking southbound on the northbound shoulder of U.S. 59
Treiber was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported to Frontier Forensics. Jakee was not injured and properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.