Thursday, July 29, 2010

A two-vehicle crash that took the lives of two young girls in northeast Kansas has now killed their little sister as well.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that 4-year-old Madelynn Spencer of Meriden died Thursday at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Mo.

Her sisters, 8-year-old Katelynn Spencer and 5-year-old Alissa Spencer, died at the scene of Wednesday's crash in Meriden, about
12 miles north of Topeka.

The Kansas Highway Patrol said the girls were in an eastbound car driven by their 33-year-old mother when it failed to yield to a southbound SUV at an intersection. The SUV struck the car on the driver's side.

The mother was injured. The patrol said no one in the car was wearing a safety restraint.

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Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Two children are dead following a collision at a northeast Kansas intersection.

The Kansas Highway Patrol says the accident happened shortly
before 8 a.m. Wednesday in the Jefferson County town of Meriden,
about 12 miles north of Topeka.

The patrol says the children were among four people in a car
that was struck by an SUV. Investigators said the car failed to yield to the SUV.

Killed were Katelynn Spencer, 8, and Alissa Spencer, 5, of Meriden. Their 4-year-old sister, Madelynn, was taken to Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City.

The drivers of the car and SUV were taken to a Topeka hospital.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.