Feb 07, 2023

Kansas teen dies two days after pickup, semi crash

Posted Feb 07, 2023 10:00 AM

SEDGWICK COUNTY —A Kansas teen injured in an accident just before 6p.m. Feb. 2 in Sedgwick County has died.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2011 Chevy Silverado driven by 16-year-old Wyatt Owen Sobba of Mount Hope was northbound on 267th Street West at U.S. 54. 

The pickup and an eastbound 2023 eastbound Kenworth semi driven by Noah John Hanson, 24, Wichita, entered the intersection at the same time.  The pickup struck the semi.

EMS transported Sobba and Hanson to hospitals in Wichita. Sobba died on Saturday.  A juvenile was also a passenger in the Silverado. The KHP did not release details on the passenger.  Both drivers were properly restrained, according to the KHP.