Wichita driver arrested in July crash that killed passenger

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - A Wichita driver has been arrested in a crash that killed a passenger.

The Wichita Eagle reports that Sedgwick County Jail booking reports show that 21-year-oldEric Lane Turner Jr. was taken into custody Saturday. He had a warrant for charges of reckless involuntary manslaughter, failure to stop at the scene of an injury accident and driving while suspended in the crash that killed 21-year-old Leon Turner. He also is being held on a warrant alleging that he violated probation in a 2018 case.

Wichita Police Department spokesman Officer Kevin Wheeler says Eric Turner was driving a car that struck two parked and unoccupied vehicles around 8:25 a.m. on July 5. Leon Turner was pronounced brain dead two days later.

Wheeler says he doesn’t know the relationship between the two men.

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Information from: The Wichita (Kan.) Eagle, http://www.kansas.com