High school student Donald "DJ" Laster died in the crash, along with former coach and teacher Wayne Walls and school employee Ja'mon Gilstrap, officials said.

Authorities say eight people died when two vehicles collided head-on and burst into flames on a two-lane highway in rural eastern Kansas.

Two teenage basketball players, a coach and a trainer from the Tulsa, Oklahoma, area who were on their way back from a tournament were among eight people killed in a fiery head-on highway crash in eastern Kansas.