Valley Center man arrested in hit-and-run collision with woman crossing street

Police have arrested a 21-year-old Valley Center man accused of fatally hitting a 48-year-old woman who was crossing the street Monday night near downtown Wichita, records show.

Chase Gregory Faimon was arrested at a law office in the 300 block of North Main, records show. He was arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder, failure to stop at an injury accident and operating a motor vehicle without a valid license.

Police had previously released photos of a person on a dirt bike being sought in connection with the incident. Police were called around 7:15 p.m. Monday to the intersection of 11th Street North and Broadway for the collision. They found the woman unresponsive in the street. She was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

“During the investigation, officers learned the 48-year-old victim was struck by a black dirt bike while crossing the street,” police spokesperson Juan Rebolledo said in a news release. “After the collision, the driver of the motorcycle left the scene northbound on Broadway.”

As of Wednesday morning, police were trying to notify the victim’s family before releasing her name.

This was the city’s third fatal accident and third fatality of the year. Two of those involved pedestrians.

This story was originally published February 22, 2023 at 9:04 AM.