A Wichita man charged with killing a 79-year-old Air Force veteran in a March car crash was driving more than 50 miles over the speed limit at the time of the collision, according to an affidavit.
Tony Earl Epps Jr., 29, was driving 81 mph — nearly three times the posted limit — in the residential area of Maple and Osage on March 8 when his Jeep Compass struck Rockne “Rocke” Gene Lindemann’s Toyota RAV4, causing it to flip before it came to a stop on a nearby sidewalk, according to the affidavit.Lindemann’s name is also spelled “Rockney” in court records, but he is identified as “Rockne” in his obituary and in other documents.
Epps was taken to the hospital in critical condition, while Lindemann died at the scene, according to initial reports…