Mar 09, 2021

Kan. man arrested after 4-year-old killed in hit-and-run

Posted Mar 09, 2021 2:00 AM
Downey photo Sedgwick County
Downey photo Sedgwick County

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A 32-year-old man is in custody after a child died in a hit-and-run in Wichita. Police arrested Marcus Downey Monday on potential charges of felony hit-and-run and driving with a suspended license.

Police near the accident scene Monday photo courtesy KWCH
Police near the accident scene Monday photo courtesy KWCH

The 4-year-old boy was struck by a pickup truck when he and his mother were crossing a street in downtown Wichita Monday morning. He died at a Wichita hospital. Capt. Wendell Nicholson said the truck fled the scene but was found about 100 yards away. The boy's mother was not injured