Two killed, including 6-year-old, when truck drives through Kansas youth soccer game, police say

WASHINGTON: 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 two people killed were ​pronounced dead at the scene, he said.

Moses said a 34-year-old ⁠woman was driving the truck, which ended up in a field ​at the west end of the Stryker Sports Complex. She has ​been cooperating with investigators, he said, but when asked whether she had been arrested, he said only that she was in custody.

“We know what happened, but now ​we’re working very hard to find out why it happened, and ​we’re not there yet,” Wichita police Chief Joe Sullivan said.

The injured include two youths ‌aged ⁠5, two aged 8, a 9-year-old and five adults, police said. In addition to those 10 people, one adult was hospitalized for non-traumatic medical issues.

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The driver had a child playing soccer at the complex, but ​not on the ​field where ⁠the incident took place, Moses said. The truck involved had two juveniles as passengers, he said.

Emergency dispatchers started ​getting calls about the incident at 3:25 p.m. ​local time (2025 ⁠GMT), Moses said.

“Today is a heartbreaking day for Wichita,” Mayor Lily Wu said. “Families came to Stryker Sports Complex to enjoy a Saturday afternoon, watching ⁠their ​children play soccer and no one could ​have imagined the tragedy that would unfold.”