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Child killed in crash near Maize identified

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By Chris Durden & Robert Marin

KWCH 12 Eyewitness News

10:46 AM CST, January 4, 2013

(MAIZE, Kan.)

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The Sedgwick County Sheriff's Department identifies a three-year-old boy killed in a Thursday afternoon crash as Dyron Schutte of Halstead. The crash Thursday left the boy's 30-year-old mother and his infant sister hurt.

The crash between a minivan and tanker happened around 12:30 at 119th Street West at 53rd Street North in Maize.  When authorities arrived, they found the driver of the minivan with the infant in her arms.  Although they believe the girl was in a car seat at the time of the crash.

The Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office says the driver of a minivan ran a red light and collided with a tanker truck. Friday they said the crash remains under investigation.

Paramedics took the the driver of the minivan, the children's mother, and the infant to Via Christi Hospital on St. Francis in critical condition. The woman's condition has been upgraded but the infant's has not.

The driver of the tanker was not hurt.

Three-year-old killed in car crash