Officer in WPD Tahoe among 6 people injured in crash in southeast Wichita, police say

A Wichita police officer in a patrol vehicle was among the people hurt in a traffic crash Tuesday afternoon.

Emergency crews were called at around 12:15 p.m. to an injury accident at the Harry and George Washington intersection, a Sedgwick County dispatch supervisor said.

Six people were taken to a hospital, said Wichita police spokesman Officer Kevin Wheeler. One of them was a police officer who suffered a minor injury, said spokesman Officer Charley Davidson.

Investigators determined that the officer was traveling northbound on George Washington in a marked WPD Chevrolet Tahoe and a Chrysler Town and Country was traveling eastbound on Harry. The van collided with the SUV, striking the driver’s side of the Chevy.

Five people in the van were taken to a hospital with minor injuries. There were two men, ages 36 and 39, and three women, ages 31, 32, and 58.

The investigation into the accident is ongoing.

This story was originally published July 9, 2019 at 3:23 PM.