SEDGWICK COUNTY —A Kansas felon fleeing police died from injuries in an accident just before 8:30a.m. Thursday in Sedgwick County.
On Thursday morning, police were in the area of Hydraulic and Wassal in Wichita following up on information regarding a vehicle that had been involved in several larcenies in the Wichita area, according to Officer Trevor Macy.
An officer spotted the suspect vehicle and witnessed it commit a traffic violation at Washington and Wassal. The officer followed the vehicle and attempted to initiate a traffic stop at Pawnee and Washington.
The suspect immediately accelerated away from the officer going left of the center line northbound on Washington.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported the suspect vehicle, a 2005 Toyota Corolla driven by 59-year-old Kennedy Jewel Edmond of Wichita, was northbound in the 1700 Block of South Washington in Wichita attempting to pass a 2010 Buick LaCrosse driven by 67-year-old Lamoine Hutton of Tulsa on the right.
The Toyota sideswiped the Buick and overturned. Edmond ran from the vehicle, then collapsed behind a truck nearby. He was transported by EMS to an area hospital where he was later pronounced deceased, according to Wichita Police Officer Trevor Macy.
Hutton was not injured. EMS observed a passenger in the Toyota identified as 49-year-old Donald Allen Maggard of Wichita. He refused treatment.
Edmond had previous convictions for involuntary manslaughter, aggravated robbery, aggravated battery, theft burglary and for drugs, according to the Kan. Department of Corrections. In Sept. police in Wichita arrested Edmond on requested charges of aggravated battery and fleeing police, according to Sedgwick County arrest records.
Police requested the Kansas Highway Patrol to take over the accident investigation for accountability and transparency purposes.
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SEDGWICK COUNTY —The Kansas Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash after a driver fled from police.
On Thursday morning, police were in the area of Hydraulic and Wassal in Wichita following up on information regarding a vehicle that had been involved in several larcenies in the Wichita area, according to Officer Trevor Macy.
An officer spotted the suspect vehicle and witnessed it commit a traffic violation at Washington and Wassal. The officer followed the vehicle and attempted to initiate a traffic stop at Pawnee and Washington.
The suspect immediately accelerated away from the officer going left of the center line northbound on Washington.
The officer initiated a pursuit that was quickly terminated. After the termination of the pursuit, the suspect continued northbound on Washington at a high rate of speed.
Just north of Funston, the suspect vehicle attempted to pass another vehicle on the right. The suspect lost control of the vehicle when sideswiped the vehicle he attempted to pass.
The suspect vehicle overturned and came to rest in the 1700 block of S. Washington, according to Macy.
The driver ran from the vehicle, then collapsed behind a truck nearby. He was transported by EMS to an area hospital where he was later pronounced deceased, according to Macy.
A passenger was also in the suspect vehicle – he was seen on scene by EMS but refused treatment. The driver of the civilian vehicle that was struck was uninjured.
Police requested the Kansas Highway Patrol to take over the accident investigation for accountability and transparency purposes.