Laila El Azari, 9, Kylie Lund, 9, and Brooklyn Perry, 8, all die, two other children hurt when their van is struck by semi-truck on the Kansas Turnpike in Shawnee County, Kansas
3 Kansas girls dead after semi, van crash on Kansas Turnpike
The semi struck a 2018 Dodge van driven by Amber Marie Peery, 32, Topeka, as the driver attempted to turn through the barrier wall, according to the KHP.
Three children pass away in Turnpike crash early Saturday morning
Laila El Azari, Kylie Lund, both nine years old and eight-year-old Brooklyn Perry died in the crash. Nine-year-old Gabriella Ponomarez, five-year-old Carrington Perry and the driver of the van 32-year-old Amber Perry have been taken to the hospital.
Three elementary school girls die when van is struck by semi in Kansas, officials say
“Laila was on a day out with her Girl Scout troop,” a loved one raising money for her family said in a GoFundMe. “What was going to be a fun day turned to tragedy.”
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