Man charged with murder after wreck

A Topeka man who allegedly caused an accident that killed a man while he fled from police has been charged with felony first-degree murder.

Shawnee County prosecutors on Tuesday charged 33-year-old Kody Shane Godfrey, who they say caused a four-vehicle accident Saturday in Topeka that killed 22-year-old Jordan Dodgen of Shawnee.

Topeka police say Godfrey sped off when an officer tried to make a routine traffic stop. The pursuit lasted only about 30 seconds before Godfrey’s pickup hit cars at a Topeka intersection, killing Dodgen.

Godfrey was booked into the Shawnee County Jail after being released from a hospital. He’s being held on $1 million bond.