Kansas Crash Claims Lives of Minnesota Woman & Baby

Haysville, KS (KROC-AM News)- A crash on the Kansas Turnpike claimed the lives of a woman and baby from Minnesota.

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The Kansas Highway Patrol responded to the deadly incident shortly after midnight on Thursday. Two vehicles were involved in the fatality, which resulted in 10 other people, including a one-year-old, suffering injuries.

It happened on Interstate 35 south of Wichita. The Minnesotans were two of nine occupying a van that was towing a trailer.

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Woman & Baby from Minneapolis Killed, 10 Others Injured in I-35 Crash

The van and trailer overturned in the southbound lanes and was struck by a southbound Jeep, the Kansas Highway Patrol says.

Authorities identified the woman killed in the crash as 58-year-old Ernestina Eumana-Alverez and the infant, who was less than a year old, as Christian Gutierrez.

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The woman and baby from Minneapolis were pronounced dead at the scene. Eumana-Alverez was buckled up and the infant was not restrained, the state crash report says.

55-year-old Tiburcio Gonzalez of Circle Pines, MN was identified as the driver. He is believed to have suffered a serious injury.

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The crash report also includes the identities and medical conditions of the other van occupants:

67-year-old Ines Benitez-Miranda, serious injury

47-year-old Roberto Cuate of Richfield, MN, serious injury

27-year-old Rosa Gutierrez of Minneapolis, serious injury

63-year-old Roberto Gutierrez Quintero of Minneapolis, serious injury

64-year-old Reyna Linares De Cucate of Richfield, MN, minor injury

1-year-old Santiago Gutierrez of Minneapolis, minor injury.

All of the injured van occupants were taken to a hospital for further care.

The three people in Jeep, identified as Kansas and Oklahoma residents, suffered what are suspected to be minor injuries. They were also brought to a hospital for further care.

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