Eight people were killed late Sunday in a fiery, head-on collision involving two vehicles in rural eastern Kansas, authorities said.
The incident occurred just before 5:45 p.m. Sunday near Virginia Road on U.S. 169 near Greeley, Missouri, the Kansas Highway Patrol said.
A GMC Yukon tried to pass a vehicle on the southbound lane when it collided head-on with a northbound Subaru Legacy. Both vehicles burst into flames from the impact.
Officials later identified the Yukon’s occupants as members of a Tulsa youth basketball team and family members.
The Yukon’s driver, Jaimon Gilstrap, 33, and passengers: Kyron Gilstrap, 14, Donald Laster, 14, and 41-year-old Wayne Walls died at the scene.
A 15-year-old occupant survived and was taken to a hospital.
The Subaru was occupied by four people identified as Alexander Ernst, 37, of Iowa; John Elliott, 76; Norleen Elliott, 69; and Madalyn Elliott, 33, of Missouri. All four died in the crash.
