Four children under eight years old were killed in a Thanksgiving Day car crash.

According to ABC News, the Kansas Highway Patrol reported that the crash happened around 11:30 a.m. and into a pond in Republic County near the northern border of Nebraska.

The children’s identities are still unknown.

The patrol says that the mother of the children was taken to a hospital while an adult male inside the vehicle was interviewed.

Authorities believe that the passengers of the crashed vehicle were not Kansas residents.

The incident is still under investigation.

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