Trailer unhitches, crosses median and causes fatal wreck in Wichita, official says

A 31-year-old Wichita woman died Tuesday after a trailer became unhitched, crossed the median and hit the driver’s side of her SUV in west Wichita, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol.

The wreck was reported at around 4:20 p.m. on I-235 near West Street, according to the KHP. All southbound traffic was diverted onto K-42. Sandy Reyes died in the wreck, according to the KHP crash log. She was the only person in the vehicle she drove. The two people in the vehicle towing the trailer that became unhitched were not injured, according to the report.

Reyes was driving a 2018 Hyundai Santa Fe southbound in the outside lane of I-235 when the wreck occurred. The 2007 Dodge Ram 1500 driven by a Wichita man was in the northbound lane and pulling a two-axle trailer, the report says.

This story was originally published December 22, 2020 at 5:41 PM.