Sep 28, 2020

Fundraiser established after Kan. woman, 4 children die in crash

Posted Sep 28, 2020 7:15 PM
Photo courtesy GoFundMe
Photo courtesy GoFundMe

SEDGWICK COUNTY —Friends and relatives of a Kansas mother and four children who died in a collision Friday evening in Sedgwick County have created a fundraiser to assist the family.

On Saturday, Authorities released names of the victims involved in the crash.

First responders on the scene of the fatal crash -photo courtesy KWCH
First responders on the scene of the fatal crash -photo courtesy KWCH

A Ford Expedition driven by Jessica Noel, 33, Viola, with her four children as passengers was southbound in the 7100 Block of South 263rd Street West southeast of Cheny, according to the Sedgwick County Sheriff's office daily accident bulletin.

A semi trailer loaded with grain and driven by Andrew Specht ran a stop sign, according the sheriff's department. Noel's vehicle struck the trailer and it split in two pieces.

Noel, and her children Jeffrey Thompson III, 4,  Hank Thompson, 4-months and Anaiah Brady, 10, were pronounced dead at the scene and were transported to the Forensic Science Center, according to the sheriff's department.

EMS transported a fourth passenger 1-year-old Mack Thompson to Wesley Medical Center in critical condition, according to the bulletin from the sheriff's department. He died at the hospital. Specht was not injured.

The accident remains under investigation.