Witnesses haunted by what they saw when pickup plowed through a Kansas youth soccer game
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Witnesses haunted by what they saw when pickup plowed through a Kansas youth soccer game

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Key Points:

  • A pickup truck drove through a youth soccer game at Wichita's Stryker Sports Complex, killing two people—a 6-year-old boy and a 35-year-old man—and injuring ten others aged 5 to 68.
  • Witnesses described hearing engine revving and "boom" sounds, initially mistaking them for gunfire, and saw the truck barreling through the field at a significant speed.
  • Emergency responders arrived about 10 minutes after the incident, with bystanders providing first aid including CPR and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to victims.
  • The 34-year-old female driver from Garden City, who had two children in the vehicle and was attending a soccer game at the complex, was taken into custody but later released without charges pending further investigation.
  • Authorities continue to investigate the cause of the crash, including vehicle examination and toxicology tests on the driver, while having interviewed over 30 witnesses.

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