Driver released after pickup kills 2, injures 10 at Kansas soccer game

🗞️ Story file #598

Driver released after pickup kills 2, injures 10 at Kansas soccer game

Oct 17, 7 PM ET to Oct 20, 9 PM ET

29outlets carried it
🫏10 · 4 · 15🐘left · center · right
3.1 dayson the front pages
28front pages at once, at its peak
27 minof TV captions
12radio newscasts
2 of 2parts of a saga

👣 How this story traveled: from the front pages that broke it, out through TV, radio and the shows, into what people retold and what fact-checkers examined, and on into the saga it is part of. Everything here is matched to the story by our tools, so a link can be wrong; the trackers' pages say how each is made.

Oct 17, 7 PM ETfirst on a front page: ABC News
Oct 17, 7 PM ETfirst on TV: CNN
Oct 17, 8 PM ETfirst on the radio: ABC News Update
Oct 18, 8 PM ETpeak: on 28 front pages

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 17, 7 PM to Oct 20, 9 PM ET (peak 25), by the outlets' lean: left · center · right

Who carried it and when: each outlet in the order it picked the story up, a bar for each headline from when we first saw it on the front page to when we last did, in the outlet's lean color (dashed: not rated); a dot marks a new headline. Beneath, its captions on TV, the radio newscasts that carried it (bigger: the lead) and when people were found retelling it. Hover for details.

📡 wire copy: 1 outlet ran the Reuters headline nearly word for word (ABC News)

📌 linked by aggregators: Google News Drudge Report

💬 quoted: “Mass Casualty Incident,” “Heartbreaking day for Wichita”

🗣️ only one side says: 🐘 youth soccer

✏️ 19 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)

ABC News (5 wordings): “At least 2 dead after vehicle drives through soccer game: Police” → “2 dead after truck drives through soccer game”
Breitbart (2 wordings): “Mother Drives Pickup Through Kansas Youth Soccer Game, Killing 2, Injuring 11” → “Mother Drives Pickup Through Youth Soccer Game, Killing 2, Injuring 11”
CBS News (2 wordings): “At least 2 killed after vehicle drives onto soccer field in Wichita, Kansas” → “Boy among 2 killed after truck drives onto Wichita soccer field”
CNN (5 wordings): “Breaking News 2 killed, multiple injured after vehicle drives onto field during soccer game at Wichita sports complex” → “Driver released after pickup kills 2 and injures 10 during a youth soccer game in Wichita, Kansas, police say”
HuffPost (2 wordings): “Vehicle Drives Through Soccer Field During Game In Kansas, Killing 2 And Injuring More” → “Truck Drives Through Soccer Field During Game In Kansas, Killing 2 And Hospitalizing 11”
New York Post (7 wordings): “Driver plows through field at Kansas sports complex, killing at least 2” → “Kansas soccer field dispatch call captures mass-casualty response after driver kills boy, man”
News Nation (3 wordings): “'Heartbreaking day for Wichita': 2 killed when truck drives onto soccer field” → “Driver released after 2 killed, more injured in crash at Kansas soccer field”
Newsweek (3 wordings): “Two Dead After Vehicle Drives onto Youth Soccer Field in Kansas” → “Child, Man Killed After Vehicle Drives Onto Youth Soccer Field in Kansas”
Red State (3 wordings): “At Least 2 Dead After Driver Plows Into Soccer Field Crowd in Wichita, Kansas; Suspect in Custody Becca Lower” → “Crime At Least 2 Dead After Driver Plows Into Soccer Field Crowd in Wichita, Kansas; Suspect in Custody Becca Lower”
Reuters (5 wordings): “Vehicle drives through Kansas soccer game, killing two, including a child, police say” → “Driver released after pickup truck kills 2, injures 10 at Kansas youth soccer game - Reuters”
Straight Arrow News (3 wordings): “1 child, 1 adult killed after vehicle drives through soccer game in Wichita, Kansas” → “Police await toxicology report after driver kills 2 at Wichita youth soccer game”
The Epoch Times (2 wordings): “Truck Drives Through Kansas Soccer Game, Killing 2, Including Child” → “Driver in Deadly Kansas Soccer Field Crash Released While Investigation Continues”
The Gateway Pundit (2 wordings): “HORROR: Female Driver Allegedly Plows Through Youth Soccer Field in Kansas and Strikes Several Innocent People in Mass Casualty Event – Two Dead, 11 Injured” → “Kansas Mom Who Plowed Pickup Truck Through Youth Soccer Game, Killing 6-Year-Old Boy and Adult, Released Without Charges”
The Guardian (3 wordings): “Two people, including child, killed after person drives through soccer game in Kansas” → “New details emerge on two killed after woman drove through Kansas soccer game”
The Independent (2 wordings): “Two dead including child after man drives onto Wichita soccer field during game: police” → “Two dead including child after man drives car onto Wichita soccer field during game: police”
The Sun (3 wordings): “FIELD TRAGEDY Child & adult dead after truck ploughs into players and fans on soccer field” → “FATAL DRIVE First pics of man, 35, killed alongside boy, 6, after mum drove on soccer field”
Townhall (6 wordings): “Truck Plows Into Wichita Soccer Field, Leaving Two Dead and Others Wounded” → “Crime Driver Not Charged After Pickup Plows Into Wichita Soccer Field, Killing 2, Wounding 10 Scott McClallen”
USA Today (4 wordings): “2 dead, multiple people injured after truck strikes crowd at Kansas soccer complex” → “Mother released after truck kills 2, injures 11 at Kansas youth soccer game”
Yahoo News (5 wordings): “At least 2 people killed and driver in custody after vehicle plows into youth soccer game” → “Woman who drove through Wichita soccer game had 2 of her kids with her, police say”

Every outlet's first headline (29), left to right by AllSides rating

HuffPost Vehicle Drives Through Soccer Field During Game In Kansas, Killing 2 And Injuring More Oct 17, 9 PM ET
The Guardian Two people, including child, killed after person drives through soccer game in Kansas Oct 17, 8 PM ET
ABC News At least 2 dead after vehicle drives through soccer game: Police Oct 17, 7 PM ET
CBS News At least 2 killed after vehicle drives onto soccer field in Wichita, Kansas Oct 17, 7 PM ET
CNN Breaking News 2 killed, multiple injured after vehicle drives onto field during soccer game at Wichita sports complex Oct 17, 7 PM ET
Mediaite Two Killed After Pickup Truck Rams Youth Soccer Match Oct 17, 9 PM ET
NBC News Driver released after car plows through youth soccer game in Kansas, killing two Oct 18, 4 PM ET
The Independent Two dead including child after man drives onto Wichita soccer field during game: police Oct 17, 7 PM ET
USA Today 2 dead, multiple people injured after truck strikes crowd at Kansas soccer complex Oct 17, 7 PM ET
Yahoo News At least 2 people killed and driver in custody after vehicle plows into youth soccer game Oct 17, 8 PM ET
News Nation 'Heartbreaking day for Wichita': 2 killed when truck drives onto soccer field Oct 17, 10 PM ET
Newsweek Two Dead After Vehicle Drives onto Youth Soccer Field in Kansas Oct 17, 7 PM ET
Reuters Vehicle drives through Kansas soccer game, killing two, including a child, police say Oct 17, 8 PM ET
Straight Arrow News 1 child, 1 adult killed after vehicle drives through soccer game in Wichita, Kansas Oct 17, 8 PM ET
Just the News At least two killed after vehicle drives onto soccer field in Kansas Oct 17, 7 PM ET
The Epoch Times Truck Drives Through Kansas Soccer Game, Killing 2, Including Child Oct 18, 3 AM ET
The Sun FIELD TRAGEDY Child & adult dead after truck ploughs into players and fans on soccer field Oct 17, 10 PM ET
The Washington Times Two dead, 11 injured after a truck drives through a soccer match in Kansas Oct 18, 5 PM ET
Breitbart Mother Drives Pickup Through Kansas Youth Soccer Game, Killing 2, Injuring 11 Oct 18, 3 PM ET
Fox News LISTEN: Kansas soccer field dispatch call captures mass-casualty response after driver kills boy, man Oct 19, 8 PM ET
IJR Vehicle Kills Two at Wichita Soccer Game Oct 17, 9 PM ET
New York Post Driver plows through field at Kansas sports complex, killing at least 2 Oct 17, 8 PM ET
Newsmax Driver Released After Deadly Kan. Soccer Field Crash Oct 18, 8 PM ET
Red State At Least 2 Dead After Driver Plows Into Soccer Field Crowd in Wichita, Kansas; Suspect in Custody Becca Lower Oct 17, 8 PM ET
The Daily Wire Child Dead After Woman Drives Truck Onto Soccer Field Oct 18, 12 PM ET
The Gateway Pundit HORROR: Female Driver Allegedly Plows Through Youth Soccer Field in Kansas and Strikes Several Innocent People in Mass Casualty Event – Two Dead, 11 Injured Oct 18, 10 AM ET
The Post Millennial BREAKING: Two dead—child and adult—after driver plows truck through youth soccer game in Kansas, suspect in custody Oct 17, 7 PM ET
The Western Journal Breaking: Truck Plows Through Youth Soccer Game in 'Mass Casualty Incident,' One Child Among Deceased Oct 17, 9 PM ET
Townhall Truck Plows Into Wichita Soccer Field, Leaving Two Dead and Others Wounded Oct 17, 7 PM ET

TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it

📺 On TV

CNN25 min

Fox News3 min

DRIVER RELEASED AFTER PICKUP KILLS 2 ON YOUTH SOCCER FIELD CNN, 6 min
2 DEAD, 10 INJURED AFTER WOMAN IN TRUCK DRIVES THROUGH SOCCER GAME CNN, 4 min
TWO DEAD, OTHERS HURT AFTER TRUCK SPEEDS ONTO SOCCER FIELD CNN, 4 min
34-year-old woman released pending results of toxicology tests & examination of vehicle CNN, 2 min
"IT WAS PURE PANIC": PARENT AFTER TRUCK DROVE ACROSS SOCCER FIELD CNN, 78 s
TWO KILLED, OTHERS HURT AS VEHICLE DRIVES ONTO FIELD DURING YOUTH SOCCER GAME IN WICHITA, KANSAS CNN, 74 s
POLICE: 2 OF THE WOMAN'S CHILDREN WERE WITH HER IN TRUCK. AND ANOTHER WAS PLAYING SOCCER ON A DIFFERENT FIELD CNN, 73 s
DEADLY SOCCER FIELD CRASH CNN, 48 s

📻 On the radio

NPR News Now, Oct 18, 9:10 PM ET: story 5 of 5
NPR News Now, Oct 18, 12:10 PM ET: story 2 of 2
ABC News Update, Oct 18, 11:32 AM ET: the lead
NPR News Now, Oct 18, 11:09 AM ET: story 4 of 5
ABC News Update, Oct 18, 10:32 AM ET: the lead
ABC News Update, Oct 18, 8:32 AM ET: the lead
ABC News Update, Oct 18, 3:32 AM ET: the lead
NPR News Now, Oct 18, 3:10 AM ET: story 3 of 5
ABC News Update, Oct 18, 12:32 AM ET: the lead
ABC News Update, Oct 17, 11:32 PM ET: the lead
ABC News Update, Oct 17, 10:32 PM ET: the lead
ABC News Update, Oct 17, 8:32 PM ET: the lead

what people online made of it

🦗 Nobody's retelling it online yet, as far as the daily reports of the last week can tell.

🗣️ names in it: Wichita Kansas Youth Soccer Field Police Sports Complex

what the fact-checkers looked into

🧐 No fact-checker has taken it on yet.

the running story it belongs to

🧵 Kansas soccer game crash

Woman released after truck crash at soccer field
Oct 20, 1 PM ET
Driver released after pickup kills 2, injures 10 at Kansas soccer game (this story)
Oct 17, 7 PM ET