Driver in wrong-way crash was drunk

The driver of an SUV who caused a fatal wreck on the Kansas Turnpike that killed four people had a blood alcohol level nearly three times the legal limit, turnpike authorities said Friday.

Gregory William Davis had a blood alcohol level of 0.22 when he went the wrong way on the turnpike while exiting the Belle Plaine service area around 4:30 a.m. on March 15.

The legal limit in Kansas is 0.08.

Davis, 27, went almost five miles the wrong way before slamming head-on into a minivan, killing himself and three members of a Wichita family.

The only survivor from the family was 17-year-old Hana Choi, who was seriously injured and may never walk again, her family's attorney said this week.

Her mother, Kyoung Yeon Chae; her twin sister, Yuna Choi, 17; and her brother, Seo Won Choi, 9, died. They had left Wichita early that day for a family reunion in Oklahoma City.

Her father, Eunseo Choi, did not go with his family because he had to work.

A turnpike spokeswoman said Chae, who was driving the minivan, and a tractor-trailer driver whose truck hit the minivan right after the accident had no alcohol in their systems.

The crash investigation is now complete, spokeswoman Lisa Callahan said.

Davis, of Wichita, left behind his wife and a 4-year-old daughter.

This story was originally published March 27, 2010 at 12:00 AM with the headline "Driver in wrong-way crash was drunk."