A motor home carrying 18 family members crashes into a ravine in Kansas, killing five people and injuring four others. Msnbc.com's Dara Brown reports.
By msnbc.com news services
Updated 9:30 a.m. ET: Five members of a large extended family were killed and at least four others were in critical condition after the motor home they were driving crashed into a ravine in Kansas around 9 a.m. local time on Sunday.
The motor home, which was actually a modified Freightliner box truck,?was carrying 18 family members on their way back to Minnesota and pulling a trailer, the Minnesota Star-Tribune reported. Those killed were members of the Kerber family, according to the Star-Tribune, which ran an auto shop outside of Jordan, Minn.
The Kansas Highway Patrol identified the dead as Melissa Kerber, 24, and Tom Kerber, 25, of New Prague, Minn., and Jessica Kerber, 10, Joy Kerber, 14, and James Kerber, 14, of Jordan, Minn.
Pauline Kerber, 46, of Jordan, Minn., a widowed mother of 12, was in critical but stable condition Monday morning. Her 17-year-old son Adam Kerber, who was driving the vehicle, was in critical condition.
A hospital spokeswoman said she was told the family was returning from a dirt-bike race in Texas.
Their Freightliner motor home crashed through a guard rail on Interstate 35 near Williamsburg, Kan., after losing control, according to Kansas Highway Patrol.
NBC News affiliate KSHB 41 Action News said the side of the group's trailer had "G-Dogg Racing.com" on the side of it.?Several motocross bikes were seen inside the trailer.
Passers-by stopped to help before first responders arrived. One of them, Mary Mohn, told the station: "We looked down the embankment and realized this was a very significant accident."
Officials have not yet released the names of the victims.
NBC News affiliate KSHB 41 Action News, The Associated Press?and msnbc.com staff contributed to this report.
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