MESSAGES ON OUR WEBSITE KMBC.COM. WE’RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT A DEADLY CRASH IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, KANSAS. EIGHT PEOPLE, INCLUDING TWO STUDENTS AND TWO COACHES FROM TULSA, WERE KILLED AFTER A BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT OVER THE WEEKEND. A NEW CRASH REPORT REVEALS THEIR GMC YUKON WAS TRYING TO PASS A SLOWER SOUTHBOUND VEHICLE ON 169 HIGHWAY WHEN IT HIT HEAD-ON INTO A SUBARU HEADING THE OTHER WAY. NOW, THE TEAM FROM TULSA IS PRAYING FOR THE RECOVERY OF A TEAMMATE TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL, BUT THIS ONE IS MORE OF, YOU KNOW, HITTING HOME BECAUSE THIS IS THEIR FRIEND, THEIR TEAMMATE, A COACH THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, COACHES THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, DEALT WITH AND THERE ARE NO WORDS TO COMFORT THEM BECAUSE IT’S UNEXPECTED.
The Kansas Highway Patrol has identified the eight people killed in a head-on crash on U.S. Highway 169 in Franklin County, Kansas.According to the patrol’s report, …