Two killed, including 6-year-old, when truck drives through Kansas youth soccer game, police say

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Two people died after a truck entered a youth soccer game at the Stryker Sports Complex in Wichita, Kansas, according to a Reuters report published by Citizen Digital on October 18, 2026. Police said the victims, a six-year-old boy and a 35-year-old man, were declared dead at the scene. Emergency dispatchers began receiving calls on Saturday at 3:25 p.m. local time.

Ten people were taken to hospital with traumatic injuries: two five-year-olds, two eight-year-olds, a nine-year-old and five adults. At a news conference, Wichita police Captain Aaron Moses said the injuries varied in severity but none appeared life-threatening. Another adult was hospitalized for a medical issue unrelated to traumatic injury.

Moses identified the driver as a 34-year-old woman and said the truck came to rest in a field at the complex’s western end. She was cooperating with investigators and was in custody, he said, without confirming whether she had been arrested. Two juveniles were passengers in the vehicle. The woman also had a child playing soccer at the complex, though on a different field from the one where the incident occurred.

Police Chief Joe Sullivan said investigators had established what happened but were still trying to determine why. The report provided no conclusion about the cause. Mayor Lily Wu expressed grief for Wichita, describing how families who had gathered to watch children play soccer instead faced a fatal tragedy.