Victim identified in fatal pedestrian accident southwest of Wichita

CREATED Nov. 26, 2012

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Sedgwick County sheriff's investigators have identified the victim as of a fatal accident in southwest Wichita as 52-year-old Beatrice Ritchie. She was struck by a pickup near 55th Street South and 167th Street West.

Investigators said Ritchie and her husband were walking their dog on the evening of Nov. 21 when a pickup struck and killed Ritchie and the dog. Her husband was not hurt.

Sheriff's deputies said the driver, a 28-year-old Wichita man, did not see the couple in time to avoid the accident.