SEDGWICK COUNTY — A Kansas man who admitted responsibility for a fatal hit-and-run crash that killed a bicyclist will avoid prison time.
On Thursday, Judge Phillip Journey sentenced 21-year-old Blaine Hughes of Wichita, to 36 months probation for the death of bicyclist 57-year-old Daniel Forshey,, according to the Sedgwick County District Attorney's office.
In May Hughes pleaded guilty to failing to stop at an accident that resulted in Forshey's death.
Just after 9 p.m. September 17, police were dispatched to the scene of a reported hit-and-run at the intersection of Murdock and Broadway in Wichita. First responders found 57-year-old Daniel Forshey lying in the roadway. Sedgwick County EMS arrived shortly after and pronounced Forshey dead at 9:11 p.m.
The Wichita Police Accident Follow-Up Unit interviewed witnesses and obtained video footage of the suspect vehicle. Initial investigations indicate that Forshey was riding his bicycle eastbound on Murdock when he was struck by a white 2006 Dodge Ram 1500.
After hitting Forshey, Hughes drove into a Jump Start parking lot before fleeing southbound on Topeka Street.
In the early morning hours of September 18, patrol officers from the East Bureau located Hughes' truck and took him into custody without incident.