Truck plows through a Wichita youth soccer game, killing a 6-year-old boy and a man and injuring 11

A Saturday afternoon of youth soccer in Wichita, Kansas, ended in horror when a black pickup truck rolled onto a field in the middle of a game and kept going. A 6-year-old boy and a 35-year-old man were killed. Eleven other people were rushed to hospitals. Five of them are young children.

What police know so far

The first 911 calls came in at about 3:25 p.m. from the Stryker Sports Complex near 29th Street North and Greenwich Road on the city's northeast side. Wichita police Capt. Aaron Moses said the two people who died were both from McPherson, a town about an hour to the north. They were not related to each other. Both were pronounced dead on the field.

Those taken to hospitals ranged in age from 5 to 68. Police listed a 5-year-old girl, a 5-year-old boy, two boys who are 8, a 9-year-old girl and six adults. One of the adults, a 61-year-old woman, was treated for a medical problem rather than a crash injury. Police said none of the injuries appeared to be life-threatening, though some were described as very serious.

The driver is a 34-year-old woman from Garden City in western Kansas. She stayed at the scene, was taken into custody and has cooperated with detectives, Moses said. Two girls were riding in the truck with her. She had a child playing in a different game at the complex that day and held a valid driver's license. Her name has not been released and no charges had been announced Saturday night.

Investigators still do not know how the truck got past the fencing around the turf fields or how fast it was moving. Detectives have spoken with more than 30 witnesses and want anyone who recorded video at the complex to share it, even footage that seems unimportant. Police said there is no ongoing danger to the public.

Parents and coaches ran toward the injured

Witnesses described a truck that never seemed to slow down as it crossed one of the fields where the youngest players compete. One soccer mom said she first assumed the driver would stop. Instead the truck crossed the whole field, scattering children and parents before it finally came to rest, by some accounts 100 to 200 yards from where it started.

Before ambulances arrived, parents and coaches were already giving first aid and CPR. Fire Chief Michael Mire praised them for it. He said firefighters did not have to start patient care when they got there because the community had already begun it, so crews simply took over from the people kneeling beside the victims.

A city in mourning

"Tonight, Wichita grieves together," Mayor Lily Wu said at an evening news conference. She said families had come out simply to watch their kids play and that her heart breaks most of all for the family that lost a child.

Every event at the complex was canceled until further notice. A state high school flag football championship being played on a nearby field was suspended and will be rescheduled. Sedgwick County plans to station a team of trained crisis counselors in the complex's indoor building from 5:30 to 10 p.m. Monday through Wednesday so children can return to a place that now feels frightening with help close by.

Sen. Roger Marshall offered prayers for the victims. Both major candidates for Kansas governor, Democrat Cindy Holscher and Republican Ty Masterson, asked Kansans to hold the families close in the days ahead. Anyone struggling after the crash can call or text 988 at any hour. Local counselors also offered late-night support. Police ask anyone with information to call the department's investigations unit at 316-268-4407 or Crime Stoppers at 316-267-2111.