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2-year old not buckled in car seat dies in Kan. rollover crash

MEADE COUNTY—  A child died in an accident just after 1a.m. Sunday in Meade County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2001 Chevy Suburban was westbound on Meade county road V one mile west of Kansas 23.

The driver lost control around a curve. The vehicle went into the south ditch and rolled.

Occupants of the vehicle Felipe James Tomas, 2; Isabel Solis-Gomex, 23 and Vicente Tomas-Tino, 34, all of Friona, TX, were transported to the hospital in Meade.

The  2-year-old died.  The toddler was in a car seat and not buckled up, according to the KHP.

The other 2 occupants were also not wearing seat belts.  The KHP did not have information on who drove the Suburban.

 

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