FINNEY COUNTY —A child died in a 3-vehicle accident just after 3p.m. Tuesday in Finney County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2012 Ford Edge driven by Marcial A.Medina-Garcia, 21, Pierceville, Kansas, was eastbound on U.S. 50 ten miles east of the U.S. 83 Junction.
The Ford traveled left of center and side swiped a 2009 Chevy Traverse driven by Juliana Furaha, 25, Garden City.
The impact pushed the Chevy went into the westbound ditch.
The Ford bounced off Chevy and struck a 2011 Toyota Tacoma driven by April A. Mullinix, 56,Colorado Springs, driver side to driver side. Both vehicles came to a rest on the westbound shoulder.
A passenger in the Chevy Plliana Mupenzi, 5, Garden City, was pronounced dead at the scene.
EMS transported Medina-Garcia, Furaha, Mullinix, and passengers in the Chevy identified as Matthew Bimeni, 29, and 7-month-old Byrlan L. Bimeni, both of Garden City, to St. Catherines Hospital. All six were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.