Victim of deadly crash Saturday near Clearwater identified

A man who was killed when the truck he was driving crashed near Clearwater on Saturday has been identified.

According to a Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office crash report, Austin R. Wesson was pronounced dead at the scene after the truck he was driving struck an embankment and crashed into a tree about 2 miles east of Clearwater.

The crash occurred shortly before 6:30 p.m. on Saturday. A passenger in the vehicle, Rebekah C. Bouma, was transported to Via Christi Hospital St. Francis following the crash.

Bouma remained in critical condition as of early Sunday afternoon, according to a hospital official.

This story was originally published August 6, 2017 at 3:30 PM with the headline "Victim of deadly crash Saturday near Clearwater identified."