Wichita teen killed in Dickinson County wreck

A 19-year-old Wichita man was killed in a three-vehicle wreck Friday on U-77 in Dickinson County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported that 50-year-old Humberto Cesar Contreras Ponce of Wichita was traveling in a 1999 Ford F-250 around noon when he left the roadway, went into a ditch and then overcorrected into oncoming traffic.

The pickup hit a 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt driven by 23-year-old Richard Aguilera of Goddard. Aguilera’s passenger, Jacob Alexander Aguilera, was killed in the crash.

A third vehicle struck the truck, but the driver wasn’t injured.

Ponce and Richard Aguilera were both taken to the hospital with serious injuries.

This story was originally published November 22, 2019 at 9:05 PM.