WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) Update at 14:00 – The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office has identified 26-year-old Nory Lam as the driver of a car that crashed into 5-year-old Aleah A. Reyes on Sunday morning.
Lam, Reyes ’mother, has been arrested for manslaughter, driving under the influence and carrying an open container of an alcoholic beverage.
At the time, investigators believe the Ford Escape was driving west on 47th Street south.
A five-year-old girl has died after an alleged drunk driving accident in the early hours of Sunday morning. It happened around 3:15 a.m. at 47th Street South and 127th E.
According to an assistant sheriff from Sedgwick County, a woman in her twenties was heading west down 47th Street South, when she left the road and hit a concrete culvert in the 127a E.
The girl, who was passing in the car, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The woman was not seriously injured and refused EMS treatment.
Deputies believe alcohol was a factor in the crash.
There were no other vehicles involved in the crash.
Accident reconstruction teams spent several hours Sunday morning investigating what happened.
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