SEDGWICK COUNTY — Two people died while changing a tire on an SUV just after 6:30p.m. Thursday in Sedgwick County. The man who hit them is in jail accused of DUI.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2014 Ram pickup driven by Travis L. Mock, 26, Wichita, was northbound on the ramp from Interstate 135 to eastbound Kansas 96 in north central Wichita.
The pickup left the roadway and struck and killed two people changing a driver side tire on a 2002 Chevy Trailblazer.
The victims were identified as 20-year-old Christian L. Evans of Elk City, Kansas and 18-year-old Emily M. Stein of Wichita. They were pronounced dead at the scene.
Mock is being held in the Sedgwick County Detention Center on requested charges of involuntary manslaughter under the influence, possession of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, no proof of insurance and a laned roadway violation, according to online jail records.