Truck strikes soccer game

A truck drove through a youth soccer game at Stryker Soccer Complex in Wichita, Kansas on Saturday afternoon around three twenty five pm CT, killing two people and injuring eleven others.

Driver identified and detained

Police identified the driver as a thirty four year old woman from Garden City, Kansas. She remained at the scene and was cooperative with investigators before being taken into police custody.

“She has been cooperative to this point in the investigation.”

Two dead, both from McPherson

A six year old boy and a thirty five year old man, both from McPherson, Kansas, were pronounced dead at the scene. Both were killed in the incident at the soccer complex.

Eleven injured, five are children

Eleven people were taken to hospital.Five injured are children aged five to nine.Six injured adults range in age from twenty eight to sixty eight.Ten had traumatic injuries ranging from bruises to extremely severe.

Driver's child was at complex

Captain Aaron Moses said one of the driver's children was playing soccer at Stryker Sports Complex on Saturday but was not on the field where the truck struck.

Police still investigating cause

Police have interviewed over thirty witnesses and are asking the public for pictures or video. Wichita Police Chief Joe Sullivan said they know what happened but are still working to find out why.

“We know what happened, but now we're working very hard to find out why it happened, and we're not there yet.”

Community responds with aid

Bystanders sprang into action and gave life saving assistance until first responders arrived. Police Chief Sullivan praised the Wichita community's quick response as indicative of the city's character.

“sprang into action so quickly and gave life-saving assistance until the arrival of first responders.”

Complex closed, city grieves

Wichita cancelled all events at Stryker Sports Complex until further notice. Mayor Lily Wu said families came to enjoy a Saturday afternoon watching their children play soccer and no one could have imagined the tragedy.

“Today is a heartbreaking day for Wichita.”