A 21-year-old driver accused of hitting and killing a Newton man south of downtown Wichita last month was going upward of 88 mph and never pressed the brake pedal, even after hitting the pedestrian and crashing into a parked car, an affidavit released in the case alleges.
21-year-old Martin Tovar-Tavares was arrested and charged with unintentional but reckless second-degree murder after hitting 55-year-old Tyrone Carter and a parked SUV near Topeka and Lincoln on March 11.
Carter, a Newton native, had been pushing a wheelchair while walking south on Topeka in the bike lane when a white Ford Focus hit him, a Wichita police detective detailed in the document…