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Kansas City soccer community rallies around families after deadly Wichita soccer field crashPolice say a woman drove a truck onto a youth soccer field in Wichita, killing two people and injuring 10 others Saturday afternoon. KMBC 9 News ReporterOVERLAND PARK, Kan. —The soccer community in Kansas City is reeling after a tragedy at a youth soccer game over the weekend. A woman drove a truck onto a soccer field at Stryker Sports Complex in Wichita Saturday afternoon, killing two people and injuring ten others. Police identified the victims as 6-year-old Cole Adrian and 35-year-old Nicholas Schafer, both from McPherson, Kansas. Among the injured, five were children younger than ten years old. Police said two of the 34-year-old driver’s children were inside the truck at the time of the incident, while another child of the driver was playing soccer on a nearby field. She was detained and interviewed by investigators before being released. No charges have been filed, and police have not disclosed further details. Kansas City Surf is a local youth soccer club with an affiliate in Wichita. Rob Million, the club's president, said one of their players was at the complex during the crash.
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