UPDATE: The Kansas Highway Patrol said two men from Omaha, Nebraska were killed when a pickup collided with two semis in eastern Kansas on Wednesday.
The driver was identified as 24-year-old Trevell Moore and the passenger was 20-year-old Gale Wright, Jr. They were in a pickup that had been reported stolen in Texas.
The KHP said the truck was trying to pass a semi on U.S. Highway 75 when it collided with two other semis. Troopers were chasing the pickup at the time of the crash.
One of the semi drivers had a possible injury but the other two drivers were not hurt.
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The Kansas Highway Patrol said a chase with a stolen pickup ended with a crash late Wednesday morning in Coffey County. The two people in the pickup were killed.
The KHP said a trooper tried to stop a Ford F-150 that was reported stolen during a robbery in Texas. The truck sped away northbound on U.S. Highway 75 and it tried to pass a commercial vehicle. The truck then was involved in a crash with two other commercial vehicles.
The driver and a passenger in the pickup were dead at the scene. There were no injuries to the drivers of the commercial vehicles.
No other information has been released and the crash is still under investigation.
