A law enforcement pursuit on the Kansas Turnpike near Emporia ended with a crash that killed one person and led to suspected serious injuries for another.
The Kansas Highway Patrol says the crash happened just after 10:15 pm at mile marker 123.2 northbound, or about four miles southwest of Emporia. A trooper was in pursuit for currently unlisted reasons when a car driven by 22-year-old Adonis Keshawn Isaiah Dailey of Wichita hit the trailer of a semi driven by 61-year-old Gabino Garcia of Magnolia, North Carolina. Dailey’s car then hit the center barrier wall “multiple” times before stopping.
Dailey suffered potentially serious injuries and was airlifted to Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka for treatment. A passenger, 27-year-old Kejuan Cortez Shugart of Wichita, was killed. Garcia was not hurt.
It took over four hours to fully reopen the Turnpike after the crash.
