Pickup truck kills child and adult at Wichita youth football match
A pickup truck drove through a youth soccer field at Wichita’s Stryker Sports Complex on Saturday afternoon, killing two people and injuring 10. Parents who witnessed the crash described panic and said bystanders rushed to help before emergency crews arrived.
Erica Case said she heard the engine revving and several loud impacts before seeing debris fly; she later realised people had been struck. The dead were six-year-old Cole Adrian and 35-year-old Nicholas Schafer. Police said the injured included five children and that their injuries were not life-threatening; the driver was identified as a 34-year-old woman.
- A truck struck people at a Wichita youth soccer complex.
- Two people, including a six-year-old child, were killed.
- Ten others were injured, including five children.
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Stryker Sports Complex is a sports venue in Wichita, Kansas, where young people take part in organised games. Youth teams often play in areas close to one another, with parents and other spectators watching from the sidelines.
When a vehicle enters a sports area, players, families and staff can all be at risk. Police investigate incidents like this to establish how they happened and whether anyone should be held responsible; the people who were killed or injured, and their families, may also need support in the aftermath.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “Mom recalls horrifying moment pickup truck plowed through a soccer game, killing one adult and one child”.