Grandmother, infant killed in crash while traveling with family
SUMNER COUNTY, Kan. (KWCH/Gray News) - A grandmother and her 1-month-old grandson were identified by their family as the two people who were killed in a crash on the Kansas Turnpike last week.
A family of nine was traveling in a van with a trailer around midnight on Jan. 2 when it overturned near Mulvane. Another vehicle traveling southbound on the turnpike then crashed into the overturned van.
Two of the nine people in the van were killed. They were identified by family as 58-year-old Ernestina Eumana-Alvarez and 1-month-old Christian Gutierrez, both of Minneapolis.
The seven other victims in the van were hospitalized with serious or minor injuries.
The family set up a GoFundMe to help with expenses to return the bodies of Eumana-Alvarez and her grandchild to their native home in Mexico. Donations will also assist with covering the medical expenses for Christian’s mother, who reportedly suffered critical injuries.
The three people in the other vehicle that was involved in the crash were treated for minor injuries.
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