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Two killed after vehicle drives onto Wichita soccer field

Published 17 October 2026

A vehicle drove onto a soccer field at Wichita’s Stryker Sports Complex on Saturday afternoon, killing a child and an adult and injuring multiple other people, police said. The driver was in custody, and authorities said there was no ongoing threat to the public from the driver. Wichita police said they received multiple 911 calls at about 3:25 p.m. reporting that a vehicle had driven through the complex. Police described the incident as a mass-casualty event. The two people killed had not been identified, and officials had not released their names or ages. Witnesses told local media that a black pickup truck struck multiple people on the youth soccer fields before stopping farther down the field. One attendee said the truck jumped a curb and drove onto the field. Police had not established how the vehicle entered the field or how fast it was traveling. Several people were injured, but police had not publicly given a final injury count or described the severity of those injuries. A fire-service triage tally reported 13 patients, including two listed as deceased, five as critically injured and six with less severe injuries. That tally does not establish the final number of...

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