Lori Uchiyama, 38, and Elizabeth Goodno, 33, killed, Donald Fifer Jr., 65, injured after his pickup collides with another vehicle while driving the wrong way on the Kansas Turnpike in south Wichita, Kansas

Modified Date: 
Thu, 06/04/2015 - 3:42pm
Accident Date: 
Monday, April 14, 2014

Two women killed in fiery turnpike crash identified.

Two women from Oklahoma who were killed in a fiery crash on the Kansas Turnpike in south Wichita on Tuesday night have been identified, according to the Kansas Turnpike Authority.

2 killed in wrong-way crash on turnpike.

Two Oklahoma women were killed late Wednesday when a pickup truck traveling the wrong way struck their car on the Kansas Turnpike in south Wichita, authorities said.
Two women from Oklahoma who were killed in a fiery crash on the Kansas Turnpike in south Wichita on Tuesday night have been identified, according to the Kansas Turnpike Authority. Lori Uchiyama, 38, of Blackwell and her passenger, 33-year-old Elizabeth Goodno of Ponca City, were driving north on the turnpike at about 9:15 p.m. Tuesday when their Pontiac G-6 was hit by a Ford F-150 south of the exit for 47th Street South. Uchiyama and Goodno died at the scene. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported late Tuesday night that the driver of the Ford pickup, identified by the turnpike authority as 65-year-old Donald Fifer Jr. of Haysville, may have suffered a medical condition that left him disoriented. He was driving the wrong way, authorities said. The pickup was driving south in the inside lane of northbound lanes when it struck the Pontiac G-6. The Pontiac struck a guardrail and overturned. The pickup slid into the outside lane and caught fire. Fifer was taken to a local hospital for treatment. The northbound lanes of the turnpike were closed for several hours after the collision.
Type: Car Accident
People Involved: 
Lori Uchiyama
Elizabeth Goodno
Donald Fifer Jr.
Roadway: 
Kansas Turnpike

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