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Suspect arrested in deadly Kansas hit-and-run crash

photo courtesy KAKE
photo courtesy KAKE

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A man accused killing two people when he crashed into a van that was transporting people with intellectual disabilities has been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and fleeing the scene.

The 56-year-old man is being held on $300,000 bond in the Friday afternoon crash that killed 48-year-old Dirk MacMillan and 25-year-old Leonard Atterbery. No charges have been filed.

Police Sgt. Nichelle Woodrow says the victims were among three Starkey residents who were returning home from a day program when the collision occurred.

The surviving Starkey resident sustained critical injuries, while one staff member was seriously injured and a second staff member was treated at a hospital and released.

Woodrow says the suspect was arrested a couple blocks away from the scene of the crash after he ran.

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