UPDATE: Police have identified the man who was killed when a stolen car crashed at a south Wichita intersection Tuesday morning.
Police said 36-year-old Donald Tucker, Jr was dead at the scene of the crash at MacArthur and Meridian. Tucker was driving a car that was reported stolen around 6 a.m. at a home in the 700 block of West Lockwood. Police said the car, a red 2016 Chevrolet Cruze, had been left running in the driveway of the home. An officer spotted the car a short time later near 55th Street South and West Street, and the driver refused to stop. Officers chased the car about a mile before it crashed.
The car struck a second vehicle at MacArthur and Meridian, and the 64-year-old driver of the second car was taken to a hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
The Kansas Highway Patrol has been asked to investigate the crash to avoid conflicts of interest.
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A police chase in south Wichita led to a fatal crash Tuesday morning.
The crash was reported around 6:20 a.m., after a car was hit on Meridian, just north of MacArthur. A powerline was broken during the crash. One person died at the scene, with another person taken to a hospital with serious injuries. The man who died in the crash was reportedly driving a stolen car, and fled when police tried to stop him. The injured driver was in the car that was hit, and is expected to recover from their injuries.
Police report the stolen car was taken while it was left running to warm up.
