Woman in motorized wheelchair hit, killed in Wichita crash

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Police say a woman in a motorized wheelchair was hit and killed by a vehicle as she crossed a Wichita road, marking the city’s second crash death of a pedestrian in a wheelchair since mid-November. Police say the crash happened Wednesday afternoon at an intersection in east Wichita, just north of McConnell Air Force Base. Police say 55-year-old Tracey Crawford, of Wichita, was crossing Rock Road when she was hit by a sport utility vehicle. There is no crosswalk at the intersection. Crawford died at the scene. Police say the SUV driver is cooperating with the investigation. On Nov. 15, a 71-year-old wheelchair-bound man died after being hit by a car near the Wichita State University campus.