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Rescue Workers Involved in Accident While Responding to Fatal Crash
Minutes after a fatal crash at a southeast Kansas intersection, two more people died when a rescuer speeding to the scene collided with a car.
The first accident happened just before 5 pm Friday when 56-year-old Margaret Day of Fredonia pulled out in front of a tractor-trailer east of Fredonia.
Minutes later, a volunteer Fredonia firefighter, 19-year-old Russell Brown, was responding to the scene when his pickup collided with a car in Fredonia.
Killed in the crash was the car's driver, 63-year-old Charlene endricks, of Fredonia; and her grandson, 16-year-old Matthew Hendricks, of Buffalo.
Matthew's twin was hospitalized today in fair condition, and another passenger was listed in critical condition. Brown was in fair condition. The patrol has not determined who was at fault in the second crash.
Minutes after a fatal crash at a southeast Kansas intersection, two more people died when a rescuer speeding to the scene collided with a car.
The first accident happened just before 5 pm Friday when 56-year-old Margaret Day of Fredonia pulled out in front of a tractor-trailer east of Fredonia.
Minutes later, a volunteer Fredonia firefighter, 19-year-old Russell Brown, was responding to the scene when his pickup collided with a car in Fredonia.
Killed in the crash was the car's driver, 63-year-old Charlene endricks, of Fredonia; and her grandson, 16-year-old Matthew Hendricks, of Buffalo.
Matthew's twin was hospitalized today in fair condition, and another passenger was listed in critical condition. Brown was in fair condition. The patrol has not determined who was at fault in the second crash.