Victim of deadly Wichita motorcycle crash was speeding when he slammed into SUV: cops
Police have identified a motorcyclist killed in a crash late on the July 4 holiday as 50-year-old David Butterworth of Wichita.
His death is the 25th traffic fatality in Wichita this year and the third involving a motorcycle, Wichita Police Department spokesman Officer Trevor Macy said in a Tuesday news release.
Police say Butterworth was driving north on Rock Road “at a high rate of speed” when he slammed into an SUV that was turning into a gas station lot around 37th and Rock Road. The collision happened at about 11:30 p.m. Sunday. Officers in the area “came upon an accident involving a motorcycle and an SUV,” Macy said in the release.
Butterworth died at the scene.
This story was originally published July 6, 2021 at 10:58 AM.
Amy Renee Leiker
The Wichita Eagle