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2 children hospitalized with serious injuries after ATV crash in northeast Kansas City

File photo - police lights
File photo - police lights

An ATV crash in northeast Kansas City left two children hospitalized Saturday, police said.

Officers were called to the crash scene at about 6:50 p.m. Saturday near Brownell Avenue and Maple Boulevard, according to an incident report from the Kansas City Police Department.

Two children on a black Jasscol ATV were driving south on Maple Boulevard “at a high rate of speed” when the ATV veered out of its lane and hit the back end of a Dodge Avenger car that was parked north of Brownell Avenue, police said.

The children, whose ages were not given, were hospitalized with serious injuries, police said. As of early Sunday morning, they were both listed in stable condition.

Anna Spoerre
The Kansas City Star
Anna Spoerre covers breaking news for the Kansas City Star. Before joining The Star in 2020, she covered crime and courts for the Des Moines Register. Spoerre is a graduate of Southern Illinois University Carbondale, where she studied journalism.
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