BND - Truck plows into soccer field killing 2, injuring 11

🗞️ Story file #598

Truck plows into soccer field killing 2, injuring 11

Oct 17, 7 PM ET to Oct 18, 6 PM ET

27outlets carried it
🫏10 · 4 · 13🐘left · center · right
23 hourson the front pages
27front pages at once, at its peak
29 minof TV captions
11radio newscasts
14people retold it online

👣 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, 10 AM ETretold online by 14 people
Oct 18, 5 PM ETpeak: on 27 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 18, 6 PM ET (peak 27), 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: “Heartbreaking day for Wichita” “Mass Casualty Incident,”

🗣️ only one side says: 🫏 game police

✏️ 17 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)

ABC News (4 wordings): “At least 2 dead after vehicle drives through soccer game: Police” → “2 dead, 11 injured after Kansas mother drives onto soccer field during game: Police”
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 (5 wordings): “Driver plows through field at Kansas sports complex, killing at least 2” → “Kansas mom who crashed truck into youth soccer field, killing 2, released without charges — or explanation”
News Nation (2 wordings): “'Heartbreaking day for Wichita': 2 killed when truck drives onto soccer field” → “'Heartbreaking day for Wichita': Truck drives through soccer field, killing 2, injuring 10”
Newsweek (4 wordings): “Two Dead After Vehicle Drives onto Youth Soccer Field in Kansas” → “Victims Named in Kansas Soccer Field Crash as Driver Released”
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 (3 wordings): “Vehicle drives through Kansas soccer game, killing two, including a child, police say” → “Two killed, including 6-year-old, when truck drives through Kansas youth soccer game, police say”
Straight Arrow News (2 wordings): “1 child, 1 adult killed after vehicle drives through soccer game in Wichita, Kansas” → “Victims killed after pickup truck drove through soccer game in Wichita identified by police”
The Guardian (3 wordings): “Two people, including child, killed after person drives through soccer game in Kansas” → “Kansas driver who allegedly killed two and hurt 10 at soccer game is released from custody”
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 (2 wordings): “FIELD TRAGEDY Child & adult dead after truck ploughs into players and fans on soccer field” → “FIELD TRAGEDY Mom screamed after plowing truck onto soccer field killing 2 including boy, 6”
Townhall (4 wordings): “Truck Plows Into Wichita Soccer Field, Leaving Two Dead and Others Wounded” → “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 (27), 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
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
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

CNN26 min

Fox News3 min

MSNOW30 s

2 KILLED AFTER MOTHER DRIVES ONTO FIELD DURING YOUTH SOCCER GAME CNN, 7 min
CHILD, ADULT KILLED AFTER WOMAN PLOWS CAR ONTO YOUTH SOCCER FIELD CNN, 5 min
CHILD, ADULT KILLED WHEN TRUCK PLOWS INTO KANSAS SOCCER GAME CNN, 4 min
Victims identified as a 6-year-old boy and a 35-year-old male CNN, 2 min
MOTHER RELEASED FROM CUSTODY AFTER DRIVING ONTO FIELD DURING YOUTH SOCCER GAME CNN, 87 s
TWO KILLED, OTHERS HURT AS VEHICLE DRIVES ONTO FIELD DURING YOUTH SOCCER GAME IN WICHITA, KANSAS CNN, 74 s
2 KILLED, MULTIPLE INJURED AFTER MOTHER DRIVES ONTO SOCCER FIELD DURING YOUTH SOCCER GAME IN WICHITA, KANSAS CNN, 62 s
TWO KILLED AFTER CAR DRIVES THROUGH SOCCER GAME CNN, 61 s

📻 On the radio

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

🧶 Retold online

A woman drove a truck through a youth soccer game, killing two people and injuring many others. Oct 18: told by 14 people
🦋 Widely seen on Bluesky

🦋 a post on Bluesky · 42 likes, 20 reposts
🦋 a post on Bluesky · 41 likes, 6 reposts

On Folklore: the latest in full, with their motifs and who is telling them.

🗣️ 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

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Truck plows into soccer field killing 2, injuring 11

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