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Sheriff: 6 injured in Butler County crash

PoliceEL DORADO, Kan. (AP) — Kansas authorities say six people have been hospitalized and released after a SUV carrying 11 people struck a car.

Butler County Sheriff Kelly Herzet tells the Wichita Eagle  the rollover accident happened Saturday night near the border of Sedgwick and Butler counties.

He says the 78-year-old car driver failed to yield when making a U-turn on Kansas 254. He says most of the passengers from the SUV are related and were headed to visit a family member in a Wichita hospital. They range in age from 3 to 50.

Five SUV passengers and the car driver were treated. No charges have been reported.

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