SUMNER COUNTY, Kansas – Four people from the Wichita area are dead and two young children are orphans after a horrific crash on the Kansas Turnpike Wednesday night.
Troopers say an SUV driven by 39-year-old Michael Minor, of Sedgwick, tried to make a U-turn on I-35 a couple miles from the Oklahoma state line when the SUV was struck by a semi. Along with Minor, two young couples were inside the SUV.
Chad Kingsley, 27, was one of the four killed. His family tells KSN he was riding in the SUV with his girlfriend, 22-year-old Johnettte Grimes, who was also killed. The young couple leaves behind a two-year-old child and seven-week-old infant.
Nicole Shain, 23 also died. Her boyfriend, 27-year-old Michael Meyer, remains in serious condition at Wesley Medical Center.
Meyer and Minor also have two young children.
The driver of the semi-truck was not injured.