A May 4 head-on crash that killed eight people in east-central Kansas occurred as one of the drivers involved was trying to pass another vehicle.

Two vehicles collided head-on and burst into flames on a two-lane highway in rural eastern Kansas, killing eight people, including a high school student, a teacher-coach and a school employee from Oklahoma,

They were well-connected as people and as coaches and as students. It’s definitely felt across the community.”