{"id":23707,"date":"2025-05-06T11:39:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T11:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/highway-crash-in-kansas-kills-8-including-students-former-coach-and-school-employee-from-oklahoma\/"},"modified":"2025-05-06T11:39:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T11:39:00","slug":"highway-crash-in-kansas-kills-8-including-students-former-coach-and-school-employee-from-oklahoma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/highway-crash-in-kansas-kills-8-including-students-former-coach-and-school-employee-from-oklahoma\/","title":{"rendered":"Highway crash in Kansas kills 8, including students, former coach and school employee from Oklahoma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Two vehicles collided head-on and burst into flames on a two-lane highway in rural eastern Kansas, killing eight people, including two high school students, a former teacher-coach and a school employee from Oklahoma, authorities said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The crash occurred at about 5:45 p.m. Sunday on U.S. 169 outside of the small town of Greeley, about 60 miles southwest of Kansas City, Missouri, the <a href=\"https:\/\/kansashighwaypatrol.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kansas Highway Patrol <\/a>said. One person escaped from a wrecked vehicle and was hospitalized.<\/p>\n<p>Three of those killed were connected with Tulsa Public Schools, the school district confirmed Monday. Booker T. Washington High School student Donald &#8220;DJ&#8221; Laster died in the crash, along with former Carver Middle School coach and teacher Wayne Walls and Ja&#8217;mon Gilstrap, a member of Tulsa Public Schools&#8217; transportation team.<\/p>\n<p>Laster, Gilstrap and Walls were part of a competitive travel basketball team called the Oklahoma Chaos, KSHB <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kshb.com\/news\/crime\/2-victims-in-fatal-franklin-county-kansas-wreck-identified-as-tulsa-oklahoma-high-school-students\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Kyrin Schumpert, a 9th grade student from Union High School Freshman Academy in Tulsa, also died in the crash, according to a Union Public Schools spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am heartbroken for those who lost loved ones, and committed to honoring the immense collective impact each of these people had in Tulsa and in the lives of our young people,&#8221; Dr. Ebony Johnson, superintendent of Tulsa Public Schools, said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newson6.com\/story\/6818c3592822cc9c4b9cd21c\/tulsa-student-staff-member-killed-crash-kansas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">statement obtained by CBS affiliate KOTV<\/a>. &#8220;I am praying for their families and everyone involved, and hope others will continue to come alongside our students, team members, and families who are hurting.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-twitter-tweet embed--float-none embed--size-medium lazyload\" data-require=\"third-party\/twitter-widgets\">\n<div class=\"embed__content-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">TPS confirms a Booker T. Washington student and staff member died in a Kansas crash over the weekend. Details are still limited. <\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story, we will provide updates below \u2b07\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2r9Zieos1I\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/2r9Zieos1I<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Lr1Cipl2Lf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/Lr1Cipl2Lf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 News On 6 (@NewsOn6) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewsOn6\/status\/1919391720665456984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">May 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Ron Horton, a teacher at Booker T. Washington, said in a video sent by Tulsa Public Schools that he has seen a lot of kids come and go in his 17 years of teaching and that DJ Laster was &#8220;something special.&#8221; He said Laster was a quintessential student-athlete who worked as hard at academics as he did at sport during the busy varsity basketball season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He stood out for his friendliness and just the way he made kids feel at ease. They just felt so comfortable around DJ. He was always smiling,&#8221; Horton said. &#8220;No one had a beef with that guy. He was just a good guy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Horton said Laster was one of only two freshmen to make the varsity basketball team and that Laster worked hard to keep up.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s just a shock, it is, that he&#8217;s gone,&#8221; Horton said.<\/p>\n<p>Union Public Schools Superintendent John Federline said in a statement that the district has activated a crisis response team and is offering counselors, school psychologists, and support staff for anyone who may need the support.<\/p>\n<p>The crash closed a section of the highway for four hours, and Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper Jodi Clary said authorities were still working at the crash site Monday evening. 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