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Police: Two killed, 11 injured after truck enters Wichita youth soccer game

Two people, including a 6-year-old boy, died and 11 others were injured when a truck drove through a youth soccer game in Wichita, Kansas, on Saturday afternoon, police said.

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A police SUV and a dark pickup behind yellow tape beside a soccer goal and benches.
A police SUV and a dark pickup at a soccer field in Wichita, Kansas. The photograph does not show the collision or establish the pickup's role.

A truck drove through a youth soccer game in Wichita, Kansas, on Saturday afternoon, killing two people and injuring 11 others, police said. A 6-year-old boy was among those killed, and authorities were still investigating the incident.

The people who died were a 6-year-old boy and a 35-year-old man, both from McPherson, Kansas, police said. Both were pronounced dead at the scene.

Five of the 11 injured people taken to the hospital were children between the ages of 5 and 9.

Ten of the injured had traumatic injuries, Moses said. He described injuries ranging from bruises to extremely severe injuries.

Wichita Police Chief Joe Sullivan said investigators knew what happened but had not established why. He said police were working to determine the reason and had not yet reached that point.

Police said they had interviewed more than 30 witnesses at the scene. They asked anyone with photographs or video of the incident to share the material with investigators.