WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — It has been more than five years since 45-year-old Christopher Monk was killed in a motorcycle crash in south Wichita. On Friday, the driver who was found to be responsible was sentenced.
Judge Kevin Smith gave Travis Bryson 31 months (2.5 years) in prison for involuntary manslaughter. Bryson also got a year in jail for DUI, but the judge said that time can be served at the same time as the prison sentence.
The crash happened late at night on July 21, 2019, at K-15 and I-135. The Kansas Highway Patrol said Bryson, who was 29 at the time, was southbound on I-135 when he lost control of his motorcycle and hit a wall. Monk was a passenger on the motorcycle. He was thrown from the bike and died at the scene.
Bryson was transported to the hospital in critical condition. He was eventually arrested and charged in January 2022.