TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas officials are investigating the death of a foster child who left a residential therapy facility, stole a truck and crashed right into a semitruck in Oklahoma final month.
The state Department of Children and Families confirmed it’s investigating what occurred to find out if there have been any regulatory violations on the facility the 13-year-old walked away from on Oct. 27, according to the Kansas City Star.
The teen had gone to a Halloween occasion in Independence, Kansas, on the day of the crash that was sponsored by the residential therapy program the place he was dwelling. After coming back from the occasion, the teenager left the residential facility in Parsons, Kansas, and went to a automotive dealership and stole the truck, child welfare officials and police mentioned.
He died two days after the crash in a Tulsa hospital.
Republican state Sen. Molly Baumgardner of Louisberg known as for Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly to dismiss the top of the state child welfare company. Baumgardner mentioned that is the second time this yr {that a} teen in foster care ran away and wound up lifeless.
“There have been ongoing concerns about the lack of transparency and accountability for the safety of our foster children,” Baumgardner mentioned in an announcement.
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