Tonganoxie ? A Lansing man who authorities said ran a stop sign two weeks ago, causing a wreck that resulted in the death of a Tonganoxie woman, won’t face vehicular homicide charges.

The father of the dead woman said the state law that’s letting this man go free is flawed, and he’s hoping to see it changed.

The three-vehicle wreck on Feb. 14 claimed the life of 19-year-old Amanda Bixby, Tonganoxie, who was driving home from work in her Ford Taurus. Occupants of another vehicle involved in the wreck were injured.

According to the Leavenworth County Sheriff’s Office, Ricardo De-Leon Flores, 20, Lansing, the driver of a northbound Toyota 4Runner, failed to yield at the stop sign on 158th Street at U.S. Highway 24-40. His vehicle struck a Dodge Durango and then the Taurus.

Flores was cited at the scene for vehicular homicide, failure to yield and not having a driver’s license.

But Leavenworth County Attorney Frank Kohl said his office would not pursue vehicular homicide charges against Flores.

Kohl said a 2002 Kansas Supreme Court ruling in State of Kansas v. Bala Krovvidi held that the mere fact that a driver ran a red light or a stop sign did not satisfy the legal elements required for a vehicular homicide conviction.

“Based upon current Kansas law, it requires more than simply running a stop sign to get a vehicular homicide conviction,” Kohl said.

Tonganoxie resident Dennis Bixby, the father of Amanda Bixby, said it’s a travesty that Flores won’t be charged with vehicular homicide.

“I’m working with (state Rep.) Kenny Wilk to get the law changed and also to make drug testing mandatory at a crash site where a person is killed or the officers suspect drugs, or if a person is injured who requires transportation to a hospital,” Bixby said.

Wilk said he and Kohl were doing further research ahead of a legislative push to change the law.

“I’ve got to get into more research, but I’m going to wade into it full force,” Wilk said. “As it now stands, there’s really no discretion in the law.”