May 17, 2022

Good Samaritan struck by motorcycle at Kan. crash scene has died

Posted May 17, 2022 10:30 AM
First responders on the scene of the crash early Saturday -photo courtesy KWCH
First responders on the scene of the crash early Saturday -photo courtesy KWCH

SEDGWICK COUNTY—Two people have died and two others were injured in two separate accident just after 2a.m. Saturday in Wichita. Police identified the motorcyclist who died as  38-year-old Justin Cunningham of Andover, according to Officer Trevor Macy. The Good Samaritan who observed the initial accident and attempted to help the occupants before she was struck by the motorcycle also died on Monday, according to Macy.

The initial 911 call reported a single vehicle had rolled over in the eastbound lanes in the 6600 Block of Kellogg near Armour with two people inside, according to Macy.

As officers arrived on scene, they learned that a second accident involving a motorcycle had occurred just after the first crash.

Officers located the motorcycle driver Justin Cunningham deceased at the scene. They also found three additional people with critical injuries who were all transported to area hospitals. Another person was located uninjured.

Through the investigation, officers learned that a silver SUV was eastbound on Kellogg with two occupants – a 48-year-old woman and a 28-year-old man– when the driver lost control of the vehicle and struck the median, causing the SUV to roll.

An uninvolved person, a woman, witnessed the turned-over SUV and began rendering aid to the occupants.

As she was rendering aid, a motorcycle with two occupants traveled eastbound on Kellogg. The motorcycle struck the 19-year-old Good Samaritan then hit the SUV.

Cunningham, who was driving the motorcycle, was pronounced deceased on scene. EMS  transported the female SUV driver, a female motorcycle passenger and the 19-year-old woman struck by the motorcycle to area hospitals for treatment of serious injuries, according to Macy. The Good Samaritan died on Monday. Police have not released her name.

The passenger of the SUV was uninjured.