A 22-year-old Wichita man was sentenced Friday to two years behind bars for fatally striking a pedestrian near the Sedgwick County Zoo in March and driving away, leaving the victim to die at the scene. Fibert received a two-year sentence. The terms included 19 months in state prison for felony hit-and-run and six months in county jail for misdemeanor DUI.
A Late-Night Crash on Windmill Road
The crash happened just after midnight on March 15, when first responders were called to the 5800 block of West Windmill Road after witnesses reported a pickup truck striking a pedestrian, according to KAKE. A seven-page probable cause affidavit later described a witness seeing Fibert's Dodge Ram tailgate and then pass his vehicle before striking 29-year-old Adam Condit as he walked northbound across the road, per the station's report. That same account states the witness saw Fibert briefly stop in the middle of the road before driving off, leaving other bystanders to stop, render aid, and call 911. Condit died at the scene despite life-saving measures, and official records list his cause of death as accidental blunt force trauma.
Condit was a Wellington High School graduate and an avid welder. He was walking near the Sedgwick County Zoo when he was struck. A community memorial fundraiser established after his death raised money for funeral expenses and to create a permanent trade scholarship in his name for aspiring welders, according to a GoFundMe campaign set up in his memory.
Physical Evidence Led Investigators to the Truck
Investigators later located Fibert's truck at his residence, where an open can and other containers were found. Authorities had recovered front grille debris at the crash site to help identify the truck model, and law enforcement obtained search warrants for the vehicle and Fibert's Apple iPhone once the truck was found. The Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office says detectives arrested Fibert on the evening of Friday, March 20, five days after the crash, after public tips helped identify his vehicle, and booked him into the Sedgwick County Adult Detention Facility. KAKE's report on the sentencing states the sheriff's office arrested him two days after the crash; the sheriff's office's own release places the arrest five days later, on March 20.
No-Contest Plea, Then a Judge's Decision on Stacking Time
Fibert entered a no-contest plea on July 16 to leaving the scene of a crash resulting in death and driving under the influence. Sedgwick County Deputy District Attorney Aaron Breitenbach led the prosecution. Sedgwick County District Court Judge Sean Hatfield imposed a two-year sentence.
The felony charge Fibert faced exists because Kansas lawmakers toughened the state's hit-and-run law in 2024. Under K.S.A. 8-1602, amended that year under what's known as “Levi's Law” (House Bill 2665), leaving the scene of a fatal accident escalates from a level 6 to a level 4 person felony when the driver knew or reasonably should have known that death or injury occurred, according to the Kansas Legislature. The law was championed by a Wichita-area mother whose own son was killed in a hit-and-run.
Part of a Wider Pattern of Fleeing Drivers
Condit's death adds to a grim pattern of fatal hit-and-runs drawing scrutiny across Kansas this year. Just this month, a fatal hit-and-run near Salina claimed the life of a 24-year-old athlete who died in a Wichita ICU, a case Hoodline previously reported.
