Three people killed in fiery northeast Wichita crash, Kansas Highway Patrol says

Three people were killed and one person was injured in a fiery crash in northeast Wichita, a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper said at the scene Wednesday.

The crash was reported at 12:32 p.m. at K-254 and Greenwich.

Just before the crash, a 2019 commercial freightliner box truck was traveling north on Greenwich, and a 2017 Ford Fusion was westbound on K-254, Trooper Chad Crittenden said.

The truck entered the crossover between the east and westbound lanes of K-254, Crittenden said.

The two vehicles then collided in the intersection, went off the north side of the road and landed in a ditch, he said. Both the truck and car caught fire and burned in the ditch.

The driver of the truck was taken to the hospital with injuries, and all 3 people in the Fusion were pronounced dead at the scene. The truck driver is believed to have minor injuries, Crittenden said.

Northbound traffic has a yield sign at the intersection. Westbound traffic does not have a yield or stop sign.

In an online crash report, the highway patrol identified the three people who died as Terry L. Wehry, 41, Renata A. Wehry, 44, and Lonnie W. Jesser, 68, all of El Dorado. Terry Wehry was listed as the driver of the Ford Fusion.

The driver of the box truck was identified by KHP as Brandon M. Collier, 45, of Wichita. The crash report states that Collier had no apparent injury.

Kansas Highway Patrol is investigating the multiple-fatality collision.

Traffic on westbound K-254 is being diverted at 127th St. East, he said. The eastbound lanes are open.

Contributing: Jason Tidd of The Eagle

This story was originally published March 6, 2019 at 1:01 PM with the headline "Three people killed in fiery northeast Wichita crash, Kansas Highway Patrol says."