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Suspect flees after crash causing power line down, Wichita KS

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Reported: 12/13/2025 10:57 PM

E 53rd St S, Wichita, KS

A single-vehicle crash occurred near E 53rd St S in Wichita, KS, causing a power line to fall across the roadway. A suspect fled northbound from the scene. EMS is advised to use caution due to downed power lines. The suspect is described as a large, heavy-set black male driving a maroon Kia with a partially withheld license plate number.

Audio|Heard on: Sedgwick County Law Enforcement

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02:20

Transcript:

00:00

Help.

00:02

For an injury accident, area 6 p.3rd in the center.

00:08

Five.

00:12

Six. Six.

00:13

Uh,

00:17

took off northbound.

00:20

Advise EMS to be careful of the power line down across 53rd.

00:32

180, Wichdrell.

00:36

180.

00:38

He ran out of gas.

00:40

He has help around.

00:41

Obviously 24.

00:44

180, 104 to 359.

00:50

Those center cat in here, possibly train tracks,

00:55

the vehicle in the ditch, possibly in a pole.

01:08

Power out here or the power line down.

01:14

47, you can start my 39 over there.

01:22

Super.

01:26

Verified a 301.

01:27

Do you have a description of that driver that took off?

01:30

I'm getting told it's a large, heavy set black male.

01:38

I'm just confirming he went northbound through the neighborhood.

01:43

Yes.

01:45

301 be advised.

01:46

Tag is going to be (number withheld) on a maroon Kia.

02:00

5 and 6.5. Just because there are lines down on the road,

02:05

lines down on the road on 53rd.

02:11

Hazel is advising a run driver with a large stack black male took off northbound through the neighborhood.

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E 53rd St S, Wichita, KS

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