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Child seriously injured after Atchison Co crash during chase

By Greg Bebermeyer

08/26/2024

Kansas Highway Patrol

(KAIR)--A one-year-old child was seriously injured after a rollover crash on an Atchison County road early Sunday evening during a law enforcement pursuit.

According to a report from the Kansas Highway Patrol, 28-year-old Maria Papalas, of Atchison, was driving a Toyota Corolla southbound on Sherman Road, about five miles south of Atchison, at a high rate of speed attempting to elude law enforcement when she lost control of the vehicle on a curve shortly after 5:30.

The vehicle entered the west ditch and rolled multiple times before coming to rest on its top.

Papalas, who was not wearing a seat belt, was transported to Topeka's Stormont-Vail Hospital with suspected minor injuries.

A passenger, one-year-old Mixalis Papalas-Schulpz, of Atchison, was transported to Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, with suspected serious injuries.

The Patrol says he was properly restrained when the crash occurred.

Details surrounding what led to the pursuit were not immediately available.

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