SEDGWICK COUNTY—Law enforcement investigating a fatal car-pedestrian crash that occurred early Sunday morning near Kansas 15 Highway and MacArthur Road in Sedgwick County have identified the victim as 33-year-old Nicholas Wade Garcia of Newton, according to Sheriff’s Department spokesman Branden Stitt.
Just after 12:30 a.m., Sunday a Sedgwick County Sheriff’s deputy came upon a collision on southbound Kansas 15 Highway just south of MacArthur. The deputy located Garcia with critical injuries after being struck by a car. The deputy immediately began life-saving measures while Sedgwick County EMS and Sedgwick County Fire District 1 responded to the scene. Garcia was transported by EMS to a Wichita hospital, where he later died from his injuries.
The preliminary investigation indicates that a Toyota Camry driven by a 22-year-old Wichita woman was traveling south on Kansas 15 when it struck Garcia, who was in the roadway. Garcia was not in a crosswalk, and the reason he was in the roadway remains under investigation…