How Could You? Hall of Shame-13-Year-Old Foster Child case-Child Death

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From Parsons, Kansas, a 13-year-old foster child “died after running away, stealing a car and crashing.

The boy was at a Halloween event in Independence, Kansas, accompanied by staff from qualified residential treatment program Successful Dreams, said the Kansas Department for Children and Families.

The child then took the car from Tom Davis Auto Group, the Parsons Police Department said. A Kansas Highway Patrol crash report says the child was driving west on U.S. Highway 400 on Oct. 27 when the car swerved into oncoming traffic and hit a semi truck.

The child died after being taken to the hospital.

Successful Dreams didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment. DCF is investigating the incident but couldn’t comment further.

“These crashes are never easy,” Parsons Police Chief Robert Spinks said in a press release. “This hit our community hard. My sympathies go out to everyone involved. I only hope that this terrible incident (can be) learned from to avoid another senseless loss of life.”

The Kansas Highway Patrol is investigating the crash.”

A 13-year-old ran away from a Kansas foster care facility and died driving a stolen car

[Lawrence Kansas Times 11/5/22 by Blaise Mesa]

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