Three teenagers from Kansas were killed and 10 other people were injured Friday after a church van heading for an outing crashed in southwestern Missouri.
The wreck happened around 10:40 a.m. on Missouri Route 13, five miles north of Bolivar.
The victims have been identified as 16-year-old David Martin from Olathe, 14-year-old Hannah Foy from Louisburg and 17-year-old Samara Bayse from Stillwell.
None of the victims were wearing seat belts, KSHB reports.
The wreck happened around 10:40 a.m. on Missouri Route 13, five miles north of Bolivar


16-year-old David Martin from Olathe, 14-year-old Hannah Foy from Louisburg and 17-year-old Samara Bayse (pictured) from Stillwell, died in the crash
The van was from Faith Chapel Assembly of God in Overland Park, Kansas, a suburb of Kansas City. Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. John Lueckenhoff didn’t know specifically where the group was going but was told it was a ‘youth outing.’
The van had 13 passengers, mostly teenagers but a few adults, Leuckenhoff said. Everyone on board was injured or killed when the van ran off the roadway, struck a tree and overturned. No other vehicles were involved in the accident.
‘Absolutely horrible,’ Lueckenhoff said.
The 10 injured victims were taken to hospitals in Bolivar and Springfield, about 30 miles south. Three were in serious condition. Lueckenhoff said he didn’t know if any of the injuries were life-threatening.

Passengers from a second said that a tire blew out on the first van and the driver lost control after a trailer attached to it started fishtailing
The cause of the accident was under investigation by a crash team from the highway patrol.
A second church van was said to have been following the first, Polk County Coroner Melissa Britton explained.
Passengers on the second van said that a tire blew out on the first van and the driver lost control after a trailer attached to it started fishtailing.
The driver on the second bus – a nurse – rushed to help those who were injured in the crash.
‘After the fact, those people came together while they were waiting in the hospital,’ said Britton. ‘They are an amazing group of people. They were consoling each other and helping each other.’