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Patrol: 2 14-year-olds killed, other injured in Kansas crash

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MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Highway Patrol says two 14-year-olds died and three other teens were injured in a crash in Manhattan over the weekend. Television station KSNT reports that the crash happened Sunday afternoon, when a sport utility vehicle  heading east on Kansas Highway 18 crashed into a concrete bridge pillar and burst into flames. Investigators say the two 14-year-olds, who were middle school students in the Manhattan-Ogden School District, died in the crash. A third teen was seriously injured and flown to a hospital by medical helicopter. Officials say the two other teens suffered minor injuries. The patrol did not immediately release the names of the teens killed.

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