MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DATE: JUNE 21, 2022

AGENCY: SEDGWICK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE

LOCATION: WICHITA/SEDGWICK COUNTY, KANSAS

TELEPHONE: (316) 660-3880

CONTACT: LIEUTENANT BENJAMIN BLICK

At approximately 7:49 P.M. on June 20, 2022, a 2003 Buick Regal traveling southbound on West Street left the roadway and struck a tree east of West Street in the 5300 block south. After the collision the vehicle caught fire.

 

The 69-year-old female passenger of the Buick, Donna O’Reilly of Wichita, died at the scene.

 

The 73-year-old male driver, and husband of the deceased, was transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

 

The circumstances of the collision are under investigation. 

 

 

 

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