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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Richard Luscombe

Father pays tribute to son, six, killed by truck on Kansas soccer field

A child in bright green T-shirt smiles while holding a fishing rod by water
‘Cole often told us this was the “best day ever”, even when nothing really special happened,’ Chris Adrian said in the eulogy. Photograph: McPherson Free Methodist Church via YouTube

The father of Cole Adrian, a six-year-old boy killed when a woman drove through a soccer game at a park in Wichita, Kansas, on 17 October, paid an emotional tribute to his son at his funeral service on Monday.

Chris Adrian, of McPherson, Kansas, spoke through tears while he remembered Cole as an energetic, fun-loving child who loved life and “captured the heart” of everyone he met.

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