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Deputy chase turns deadly in south Wichita

July 07, 2011|by Jennifer Montenegro | KWCH 12 Eyewitness News

(WICHITA, Kan.) — One man is dead after crashing his vehicle in south Wichita.

Sedgwick County deputies say a chase started when they tried to pull over a driver with the car brights on near Harry and Hydraulic about 11:20 Thursday night. The chase ended thirty seconds later when the driver went into a neighborhood.

The deputies drove around looking for the car when neighbors pointed them to a wreck near Bayley and St. francis.

Deputies say they found the driver dead in his car in a small field. They say the man drove through a T-intersection, down the railroad tracks, and into a park where he hit some trees and a light pole.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Kansas Highway Patrol is investigating the accident as a standard operating procedures.

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