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According to Kansas State Troopers, Damon Wilson of Howard was driving a pickup when he attempted to pass another vehicle shortly after 10 p.m. Tuesday on K-99. A tire ruptured, causing Wilson to lose control and the pickup to roll several times. Wilson sustained fatal injuries, while two passengers ages 17 and 18 were airlifted to Wichita for treatment. We'll update this story as more information becomes available.
Cory Stokes, 18, was driving westbound on Cedar Grove Road in a 2001 Honda Accord late Saturday afternoon when his car went off the right side of the road, overcorrected, causing it to go off of left side of the road into a field. Police say the right front tire blew on the car, causing the car to roll over. Stokes was ejected through the sunroof and killed.
At about 4:40 p.m., 19-year-old Daniel Espinoza was driving east on I-90, when his left rear-tire blew out and he careened into the median. Espinoza then overcorrected, which caused his car to flip over and land upside-down. He was hospitalized with minor injuries.