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8 killed in fatality crash on US-169 in Franklin County, Kansas
The Kansas Highway Patrol confirmed to ABC News that eight people were killed in a head-on crash on U.S. Highway 169 in Franklin County, Kansas, on Sunday. The initial call came in around 5:46 p.m. When first responders arrived, both vehicles involved were engulfed in flames. Officials said one vehicle, which was reportedly carrying members […]
The Kansas Highway Patrol confirmed to ABC News that eight people were killed in a head-on crash on U.S. Highway 169 in Franklin County, Kansas, on Sunday. The initial call came in around 5:46 p.m. When first responders arrived, both vehicles involved were engulfed in flames. Officials said one vehicle, which was reportedly carrying members of a youth basketball team and coaches/parents, was traveling back to Tulsa, Oklahoma. That vehicle had five people in it; only one survived, and was last reported to be in critical condition. The other vehicle had four people in it, all of whom died. The circumstances surrounding the crash are not yet clear. A “do not pass” sign sits along the highway, and despite a steep hill that makes it difficult to see vehicles on the other side, one man who lives nearby said he sees vehicles driving on the opposite side of the road regularly. “It’s pretty dangerous stretch of highway,” said Blane Siebert, who has a cattle farm nearby. “There’s a lot of people that pass when you shouldn’t.”KHP officials have not announced the ages or identities of victims yet, but a school in Tulsa, Oklahoma, confirmed to KMBC that one of its students died in the crash. “It is with profound sadness and a heavy heart that I share the news of the tragic passing of one of our 9th grade students who died in a car accident yesterday,” Union Public Schools Superintendent John Federline said in a statement. “On behalf of the entire Union Public Schools community, I extend our deepest condolences to the student’s family, friends, and loved ones.”The district said the student who died is ninth grader Kyrin Schumpert. He attended the district’s Freshman Academy. The crash shut down the area of the highway in Franklin County between Anderson and Miami counties, according to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office. The Kansas Highway Patrol is leading the investigation and will release additional information as it becomes available.
The Kansas Highway Patrol confirmed to ABC News that eight people were killed in a head-on crash on U.S. Highway 169 in Franklin County, Kansas, on Sunday.
The initial call came in around 5:46 p.m. When first responders arrived, both vehicles involved were engulfed in flames.
Officials said one vehicle, which was reportedly carrying members of a youth basketball team and coaches/parents, was traveling back to Tulsa, Oklahoma. That vehicle had five people in it; only one survived, and was last reported to be in critical condition.
The other vehicle had four people in it, all of whom died.
The circumstances surrounding the crash are not yet clear. A “do not pass” sign sits along the highway, and despite a steep hill that makes it difficult to see vehicles on the other side, one man who lives nearby said he sees vehicles driving on the opposite side of the road regularly.
“It’s pretty dangerous stretch of highway,” said Blane Siebert, who has a cattle farm nearby. “There’s a lot of people that pass when you shouldn’t.”
KHP officials have not announced the ages or identities of victims yet, but a school in Tulsa, Oklahoma, confirmed to KMBC that one of its students died in the crash.
“It is with profound sadness and a heavy heart that I share the news of the tragic passing of one of our 9th grade students who died in a car accident yesterday,” Union Public Schools Superintendent John Federline said in a statement. “On behalf of the entire Union Public Schools community, I extend our deepest condolences to the student’s family, friends, and loved ones.”
The district said the student who died is ninth grader Kyrin Schumpert. He attended the district’s Freshman Academy.
The crash shut down the area of the highway in Franklin County between Anderson and Miami counties, according to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office.
The Kansas Highway Patrol is leading the investigation and will release additional information as it becomes available.