Fiery crash on I-35 in Wichita kills driver, injures 9-year-old passenger, KHP says
A man died and a 9-year-old girl was hurt in a fiery crash early Friday morning in south Wichita.
Emergency crews were called at around 12:27 a.m. to southbound I-35 in Sedgwick County, the Kansas Highway Patrol said in a crash report.
Jose Elco Vasquez, 39, of Wichita, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the report. A 9-year-old girl was taken to a hospital with a suspected minor injury.
Troopers determined that Vasquez was driving a 2019 Dodge Ram when it left the roadway of the Kansas Turnpike. The pickup truck drove through a fence, struck one tree, hit a second tree and caught on fire.
This story was originally published June 30, 2019 at 1:07 PM.