SEDGWICK COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities investigating a fatal wrong-way crash have identified 37-year-old Brandon White and 60-year-old Rayburn Langston, both of Wichita as the victims of the fatal accident that occurred Tuesday morning on Westbound Kellogg between Edwards and West Street, according to Officer Trevor Macy.
Just after 9:00 a.m., 911 received multiple calls concerning a wrong-way driver. An initial caller advised seeing a brown pickup truck traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes of Kellogg from Interstate 235.
A second 911 call was made concerning the same brown truck striking another vehicle. Wichita Police responded to the accident location in the Westbound lanes of Kellogg just west of the Edwards on-ramp.
They located five vehicles involved and two injured drivers – identified as White and Rayburn. White was pronounced deceased on scene. Rayburn was transported to an area hospital, where he died.
Investigators learned that White was eastbound in the Westbound lanes of Kellogg in the brown pickup, driving in the centermost lane, when he sideswiped a westbound taxi cab. This caused the cab to strike a utility vehicle – neither the cab driver nor the utility vehicle driver were injured.
The brown pickup then went into the center lane and struck the white pickup truck driven by Rayburn head-on, causing the white pickup truck to spin and hit a delivery truck. The delivery driver was uninjured.
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Two people are dead following a wrong-way accident involving two pickup trucks in Wichita. KSNW-TV reports that the accident happened shortly after 9 a.m. Tuesday.
Police say a pickup traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes of Kellogg Street struck several vehicles before colliding head-on with another pickup.
The drivers of both pickups died — one at the scene and the other at a hospital. Two other vehicles were damaged but no additional injuries were reported. Police have not released the names of those killed in the accident.
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