SABETHA, Kan. (AP) — A high school football team in northeastern Kansas is coping after a head-on collision killed three family members of teammates.

The Sabetha High school football team won a state championship game on Saturday. But on the way home, players Tanner and Carson Ukele were told that three of their relatives died in a two-vehicle highway crash.

Their 42-year-old mother Carmen Ukele, 11-year-old sister Marlee Ukele and 62-year-old uncle Stephen Ukele were killed in the collision on U.S. Route 75. Their 59-year-old father Lee Ukele was also in the vehicle. He was in stable condition as of Sunday.

A police report says the two people in the other vehicle were injured and taken to a hospital.

Head coach Garrett Michael says Tanner and Carson have the support of the community and “50 brothers who are going to be surrounding them in our school.”

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JACKSON COUNTY — Authorities have released additional details on a fatal Saturday night Kansas crash.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2008 Chevy Equinox driven by   Maria D. Perez-Marquez, 48, Omaha, was southbound on U. S. 75 just north of 318 Road. The driver attempted to pass another vehicle.

The driver swerved to the shoulder to avoid a collision and struck a northbound 2008 Chrysler Town and Country driven by Carmen K. Ukele, 42, Sabetha, head on.

Ukele and passengers in the Chevy Marlee G. Ukele, 11 and Stephen M. Ukele, 62, all of Sebetha, were pronounced dead at the scene.

Another passenger in the Chrysler Lee F. Ukele, 59, Sabetha, and the driver of the Perez-Marquez were transported to KU Medical Center.  A passenger in the Chevy Rosalao G. Perez, 29, St. Joseph, MO., was transported to Stormont Vail was transported to a Topeka Hospital and later transferred to KU Medical Center.

The occupants of the Chrysler were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP. The KHP did not have information on seat belt usage by those in the Chevy.