Child dead in horrific Kansas crash involving 5 people below 18 as driver tried to negotiate curve
SEWARD COUNTY, KANSAS: A single-vehicle crash in Seward County has reportedly resulted in the death of a child. The incident took place around 2.30 am Sunday, February 12, near the junction of K51 and U83, just north of Liberal.
The vehicle's driver was reportedly traveling northbound on U83 and was trying to negotiate a curve when things went awry. The vehicle, for reasons unknown, left the roadway to the northbound shoulder, overcorrected, and entered a side skid. It subsequently traveled north in the southbound lane and eventually entered a ditch.
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All occupants under 18
A child died in the crash, as per KAKE. The other occupants were rushed to a local hospital, some with serious injuries. The vehicle, later identified as a Jeep Grand Cherokee, reportedly rolled several times after going into the ditch. There were at least five people in the car and all were under 18, per the outlet. According to Kansas Highway Patrol, four of them were taken to the hospital with injuries and one person was confirmed dead on the scene. Additional details are unclear at this time.
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Fatal collision
MEAWW previously reported how a Wisconsin woman was charged in connection with a fatal collision that killed a 13-month-old boy on January 27. The Milwaukee Police Department said that Antwineesha Burse was driving a stolen white Pontiac that collided with a green Dodge Caravan around 11.30 p.m. Burse was accused of intentionally operating a vehicle without a license while intending to cause death, per TMJ4. After the collision, the Caravan's occupants allegedly fled the scene, according to authorities. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel identified the infant as Zarion Robinson. Before being taken into custody, Burse was treated at a hospital for non-life-threatening injuries, per the outlet. Robinson was reportedly in the backseat of the car and was not properly strapped even though he was in a car seat, according to the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office.
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MEAWW also reported how a Queensland boy, described as "kind, adventurous, and full of laughter," died at Queensland Children's Hospital after being hit by a car in Gympie earlier in February. Levi Hanna, a student at Gympie State High, had just gotten off the school bus with his younger sister Scarlett, 12, when the collision occurred on February 1 on Tin Can Bay Road near the Grimley Road intersection in Canina. After the horrific collision, the Hyundai i30's 27-year-old female driver was reported to be "distraught." Hanna's parents, who reside 300 feet from the location of the collision, hurried to the scene while he was receiving treatment, per The Australian. His mother, Lilly Zrehen, and stepfather, Kiltan Kleemann, referred to the adolescent as "an extraordinary young man," in a statement they released on February 5.