Mar 02, 2021

Driver in fatal Kansas crash taken from hospital to jail

Posted Mar 02, 2021 10:00 PM
RAMOS-TAFOLLA-photo Sedgwick County
RAMOS-TAFOLLA-photo Sedgwick County

SEDGWICK COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities investigating a violent, deadly crash have made an arrest.

Just before 4p.m. Monday, police booked Luis Fernando Ramos-Tafolla, 28, Wichita, into the Sedgwick County jail on requested charges of Vehicular homicide, DUI, reckless driving, no valid drivers license and aggravated reckless bodily harm, according to online jail records.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2017 Dodge Charger driven by Ramos-Tafolla was southbound on Interstate 135 in the right lane just after 2:30a.m. on Monday.

Kandrive-Wichway camera view of the crash scene just after 5a.m. Monday
Kandrive-Wichway camera view of the crash scene just after 5a.m. Monday

The car rear-ended a 1999 Toyota Camry driven by Jessie Lee Johnson, 60, Wichita.

The Dodge left the road to the right, struck the KDOT barrier, a light pole, vaulted over the edge of Interstate 135 and struck the on ramp from 13th Street to I-135 before landing under I-135.

The Toyota spun around, struck the right KDOT barrier and came to rest in the left lane.

Johnson was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported to the Sedgwick County Forensics Center. EMS transported Ramos-Tafolla and  passengers in the Toyota Brady Lee Davis, 62, and Sherry Elaine Baker, 52, both of Wichita to local hospitals. Baker was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.  The agency did not have details on Baker's seat belt usage.

The crash shut down a stretch of Interstate 135 for several hours early Monday.

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