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Police: Kan. man dies after shooting himself in leg, crashing car

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Wichita police say a man has died after accidentally shooting himself in the leg and then crashing his vehicle while trying to get to a hospital.

Lt. James Espinoza said 28-year-old Kenneth Richards III shot himself in the upper left thigh in his car. Richards lost control of his vehicle Monday morning while trying to get to a hospital and crashed.

Espinoza said an autopsy will determine his cause of death.

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