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No charges in fatal Kansas funeral procession crash

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Pizza Hut driver in a fatal accident involving a woman waiting for a funeral procession in Wichita will not face felony charges.

First responders on the scene of the fatal crash-photo courtesy KWCH

Sedgwick County District Attorney Marc Bennett says his office found insufficient evidence to file charges in the February crash that killed 59-year-old Karen Capps and injured her 86-year-old mother.

The driver, 31-year-old Courtney Clodfelter, could still face traffic-related charges.

Police say Karen Capps and her mother, Jaunita Capps, had just left Resthaven cemetery and were stopped on the side of a road waiting for a funeral procession to pass when they were hit by a Pizza Hut minivan driven by Clodfelter.

The impact pushed the women’s vehicle into an electric pole, killing Karen Capps at the site.

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