Dec 02, 2021

Police ID Kan. woman killed crossing street in motorized wheelchair

Posted Dec 02, 2021 9:30 PM
First responders at the scene of the accident-photo courtesy KWCH
First responders at the scene of the accident-photo courtesy KWCH

SEDGWICK COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities investigating a fatal crash identified 55-year-old Tracey Crawford of Wichita

Just after 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, police responded to an injury accident at the intersection of Rock and Funston. On arrival, they located Crawford deceased after an apparent collision with a vehicle.

Investigators learned that Crawford was attempting to cross Rock Road in an electric wheelchair near Funston, from West to East, when she was struck by a Northbound SUV. The occupants of the SUV and numerous witnesses remained on scene to assist with the investigation.

This is the 42nd vehicular fatality for this year and the 11th pedestrian fatality, according to Macy.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Police say a woman in a motorized wheelchair was hit and killed by a vehicle as she crossed a Wichita road, marking the city's second crash death of a pedestrian in a wheelchair since mid-November.

Police say the crash happened Wednesday afternoon at an intersection in east Wichita, just north of McConnell Air Force Base. Police say the 55-year-old woman was crossing Rock Road when she was hit by a sport utility vehicle.

There is no crosswalk at the intersection. The woman, whose name has not been released, died at the scene. Police say the SUV driver is cooperating with the investigation. On Nov. 15, a 71-year-old wheelchair-bound man died after being hit by a car near the Wichita State University campus