Mother arrested after daughter, 5, killed in crash

Wichita — A 26-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after a rollover crash that killed her 5-year-old daughter.

The crash happened around 3:15 a.m. Sunday in a rural area southeast of Wichita near 47th Street South and 127th Street East, Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Lt. Benjamin Blick said.

Deputies found Nory Lam’s 2014 Ford Escape off the road and overturned. The 5-year-old in the vehicle, Aleah Reyes, died at the scene while the mother had only minor injuries.

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