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  "id": 15368602,
  "title": "Two killed, including 6-year-old, when truck drives through Kansas youth soccer game",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/two-killed-including-6-year-old-when-truck-drives-through-kansas-15368602",
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  "published": "2026-10-18T07:03:51.000Z",
  "source": {
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  "account": "A truck crashed through a youth soccer game in Wichita, Kansas, resulting in the deaths of a six-year-old boy and a 35-year-old man, according to police. Additionally, ten individuals sustained traumatic injuries and were hospitalized, ranging from minor to severe but none were life-threatening. The incident occurred at the Stryker Sports Complex, with the truck crashing into a field at the west end of the facility. The driver of the truck, a 34-year-old woman, was in custody, though she has not been arrested. She informed investigators that she had a child playing soccer at the complex, but not on the field where the crash occurred. The truck had two juvenile passengers as well. Emergency dispatchers received reports of the incident at 3:25 p.m. local time. Mayor Lily Wu expressed profound sorrow, stating that families had gathered at the sports complex to enjoy a Saturday afternoon and could not have anticipated the tragedy.",
  "summary": "A truck drove into a youth soccer game in Wichita, Kansas, leaving a six-year-old boy and a 35-year-old man dead, and 10 others hospitalized with traumatic injuries, police said on Saturday. The injuries ranged from minor to severe, but none appear to be life threatening, Wichita police Captain Aaron Moses said at a news conference. [...] The post Two killed, including 6-year-old, when truck…",
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        "title": "Truck drives through soccer field during game in Kansas, killing 2 and hospitalizing 11",
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