K 96

The Kansas Highway Patrol is investigating whether alcohol played a role in an early morning accident that happened at K-96 and 167th St. West. The KHP reports a Ford Taurus was traveling East on K-96 around 2:00am on Sunday.  The driver told troopers a Chevy Impala coming from the West tried to turn onto 167th St. West, pulling in front of the Taurus. The impact from the crash was strong enough to push both vehicles off the road, and into a field. The driver of the Impala died at the scene.

One person is critically hurt after an accident involving a semi. The accident was shortly before seven o'clock Monday morning in the eastbound ramp at K-96 onto Kellogg. The ramp is closed down and will be for most of the day. Sedgwick County dispatchers tell us the semi was carrying ice cream and has spilled all over the road. We have a crew on the way to the scene. We'll bring you updates as soon as we get them.

The Kansas Highway Patrol has closed the eastbound lanes on K-96 at West Street. The fog has caused several traffic accidents and backups along K-96 and I-235. Troopers are also working an accident in the eastbound ramp at I-235 and Meridian. Wichita police are also working an accident at 37th and Ridge. Sedgwick County dispatchers say traffic lights at many intersections this morning were malfunctioning because of the weather. The fog can affect the way sensors work at intersections.

Southbound I-235 will be cut down to one lane along the I-235/K-96 bridge beginning Monday.  The construction will affect the area between Meridian and Broadway. K-DOT asks drivers to be patient and expect delays.  If you have an alternate route, you are asked to take it.

A Kansas Department of Transportation project for bridge repairs on four K-96 bridges will begin Saturday, August 4 and a ramp from Kellogg will close for 10 days. The bridges are located in east Wichita and include the Central and 127th Street E. bridges over K-96 plus the eastbound and westbound K-96 bridges over Kellogg. The eastbound Kellogg ramp to westbound K-96 closure will begin Saturday and continue for 10 days while repairs are made on the westbound K-96 bridge over Kellogg.

Traffic is back to normal at the scene of a crash at K-96 & Webb.  Wichita police are still investigating what caused it. Map of the Scene The two people who were hurt in the crash are listed in fair condition at a Wichita hospital.

They're hard to miss - cable barriers separating the east and westbound lanes on a portion of K-96. The barriers were installed late last summer as one of the first projects of its kind in Kansas. "Somehow you have to pick a starting and a stopping point and it was very logical along K-96 to start a I-135 and go out to Rock Road because the traffic numbers are so much higher in that area and drop off past Rock Road," explains Tom Hein, Spokesman for KDOT. But following an accident, east of Rock Road Tuesday morning, Eyewitness News wanted to know if there are any plans to extend the cable barriers.

Allow extra time to work and school this morning. Black ice has caused minor accidents around Wichita. Eastbound K-96 to Northbound 235 is shut down because of slick roads. Other areas to avoid are 25th and Amidon, Eastbound Kellogg and Washington, and there's an accident with minor injuries at K-96 and Meridian.

Drivers in Northeast Wichita may be wondering about a plume of dark smoke off K-96 & Hillside around 5:30 Wednesday evening. Eyewitness News learned, a fire at American Self Storage caused the smoke. A passerby saw the smoke and called 911. A recreation vehicle caught fire but no-one was hurt. A man inside the RV got out safely. Fire crews put out the fire quickly. Wichita police are directing traffic on the westbound on-ramp of K-96 at Hillside.

A man is dead after losing control of his car in Wichita early Saturday.  It happened around 3:00 a.m. along Oliver near K-96. Eyewitnesses tell police the driver was speeding along Oliver and tried to make a left-turn onto K-96 when he lost control. His car rolled into a utility pole and caught fire. It took time for crews to get the driver out of the car.  He was rushed to the hospital where he died a short time later. His name has not been released, but police tell us he's in his early twenties.