Sep 17, 2023

Kansas teen dies after crash into a bridge pillar

Posted Sep 17, 2023 10:30 AM

SEDGWICK COUNTY —One person died in an accident just before 1a.m. Sunday in Sedgwick County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2014 Infinity 4-door vehicle driven by 17-year-old Santiago D. Gomez, of Wichita was southbound on Interstate 235 at Meridan.

The vehicle left the roadway to the right. The driver overcorrected and crossed the highway to the inside shoulder and overcorrected again. The driver then lost control and the vehicle slid off the highway to the right and struck a bridge pillar.

EMS transported Gomez to Via Christi St. Francis Hospital where he was pronounced deceased. He was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.