Police identify woman killed Sunday in head-on crash in northwest Wichita

Police are investigating a northwest Wichita wreck that killed a woman Sunday night.

Emergency crews were called at around 8:20 p.m. Sunday to an injury accident near 21st Street North and Teal Brook in northwest Wichita, Officer Charley Davidson said. Paramedics pronounced 30-year-old Kaitlin Whelan, of Wichita, dead at the scene.

Investigators determined Whelan was driving a Nissan Xterra westbound on 21st Street when the vehicle crossed into the eastbound lanes and collided head-on with a Hyundai Elantra, Davidson said. The 24-year-old driver of the Elantra was taken to hospital with serious injuries and remained hospitalized as of Tuesday morning.

Whelan’s death is the 20th fatality in a vehicle accident in the city this year, police said. The investigation is ongoing.

This story was originally published September 3, 2019 at 1:58 PM.