Sep 21, 2023

SW Kansas bicyclist struck by vehicle has died

Posted Sep 21, 2023 4:00 PM

FINNEY COUNTY—One person died in an accident just after 10p.m. Wednesday in Finney County.

The Garden City Police Department reported 25-year-old Maria Chavez-Morales was riding her bicycle westbound on E. Schulman Avenue and began riding through the intersection against a red light at U.S. 83.

A southbound vehicle driven by a 36-year-old Garden City man had a green light. The vehicle struck Chavez-Morales as she rode through the intersection.  First responders pronounced her dead at the scene.

Traffic was diverted in the area for over four hours, and the Kansas Highway Patrol and the Kansas Department of Transportation also assisted at the scene.