SEDGWICK COUNTY — A Kansas man accused in a fatal hit-and-run returned to court Thursday.
Blaine Hughes, 21, Wichita, attended an arraignment hearing before Judge Phillip Journey. Hughes pleaded guilty to failing to stop at an accident that resulted in the death of bicyclist 57-year-old Daniel Forshey, according to the Sedgwick County District Attorney's office.
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. Hughes remains jailed on a $100,000 bond and scheduled for sentencing July 2, according to the district attorney's office.