Hutchinson toddler hurt in crash
ELLSWORTH -- A Hutchinson toddler was in serious condition Saturday night after a car and pickup truck crashed south of here.
Olivia Oller, 2, was in a child booster seat in a car driven by Wendy J. Oller, 25, Hutchinson, They were taken to Ellsworth County Medical Center. Olivia was later flown by air ambulance to Via Christi Regional Medical Center, St. Francis campus.
Four-week-old Cooper Oller was in an infant seat and was not injured, but he rode with his mother to the Ellsworth hospital, according to a report from the Kansas Highway Patrol. Wendy Oller's condition was not released.
The driver of the pickup truck, Patrick D. McCormick, 24, Great Bend, was taken to the Ellsworth hospital with possible injuries. His condition also was not released.
The patrol reported that Oller was southbound at 7 p.m. in the car on Kansas Highway 14 and stopped at a stop sign, then entered Kansas Highway 156, colliding with the truck that was eastbound on K-156. Wendy Oller and McCormick were wearing seat belts.
Fort Riley soldier dies in Iraq
FORT RILEY -- A soldier from Fort Riley died in Iraq after his vehicle hit an improvised explosive device, the fort announced Saturday.
Capt. Michael Norman, 36, Killeen, Texas, was killed Thursday in Baghdad. He was a military intelligence officer serving on a transition team assigned to 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division.
Transition teams prepare U.S. military personnel to be military advisers to Iraqis.
Norman had served in the Army since 1992 and deployed to Iraq in April 2007. It was his first deployment.
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