Wichita police want to talk to driver of this white car about fatal Memorial Day wreck
Wichita police are asking for the public’s help identifying a motorist who might have witnessed a fatal crash that killed an 80-year-old woman on Memorial Day.
Frankie Baxter of Wichita died on May 31 after her vehicle was hit by a speeding, drunken driver in the 1400 block of West Maple, the authorities said previously.
Police posted the plea for information about the driver on Facebook on Wednesday morning along with grainy photos of a white four-door sedan but did not give a possible vehicle make or model or other information.
Detectives with the Wichita Police Department’s accident follow-up unit want to talk to whoever was driving the car about what they might have seen around the time the crash happened, according to the post.
Anyone who knows who was driving the car at about 3:15 p.m. May 31 in the area of Maple and Elizabeth is asked to contact Det. Kelly Mar at 316-350-3685 or kmar@wichita.gov.
Baxter was turning a 2015 Hyundai Tucson onto eastbound Maple from northbound Elizabeth when she was struck by a 2008 Mazda Six traveling “at a high rate of speed” along Maple, police said in June.
The Mazda crashed into Baxter’s vehicle on the rear driver’s side, forcing it into a curb and a tree and pinning her in, police have said. She died at the scene.
Police in June said the speeding driver was “believed to be under the influence of alcohol” when the crash happened. Scott Cabrales, 33, of Wichita, was arrested on suspicion of aggravated battery, driving under the influence and no proof of insurance but has not been formally charged.
The case is “still an active investigation,” Wichita police spokesman Officer Charley Davidson said when asked for an update Wednesday.
This story was originally published August 4, 2021 at 12:28 PM.
