8 victims identified in fatal U.S. 169 crash by Kansas Highway Patrol
The Kansas Highway Patrol has released the names of the individuals who tragically lost their lives in a head-on collision on U.S. Highway 169 in Franklin County, Kansas. The fatal incident occurred just before 5:45 p.m. Sunday near Virginia Road. The crash transpired when a southbound GMC Yukon attempted to overtake a slower vehicle and crashed head-on with a northbound Subaru Legacy. Regrettably, both vehicles were engulfed in flames upon the arrival of emergency responders. The GMC Yukon was transporting members of a youth basketball team and their family back to Tulsa, Oklahoma. The driver of the Yukon, 33-year-old Jaimon Gilstrap from Tulsa, and three passengers—14-year-olds Kyron Gilstrap and Donald Laster, as well as 41-year-old Wayne Walls, all from Tulsa—lost their lives. Another passenger, a 15-year-old from Talala, Oklahoma, sustained injuries and was taken to a hospital. The occupants of the northbound Subaru Legacy, including 37-year-old Alexander Ernst from Ames, Iowa, and 76-year-old John Elliott, 69-year-old Norleen Elliott, and 33-year-old Madalyn Elliott, all from Chesterfield, Missouri, unfortunately did not survive the crash. Ernst was the driver of the Legacy.
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