HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Two area youth were named winners of the Kansas Department of Transportation's Put the Brakes on Fatalities poster contest.
Seven-year-old Riley Leake of Sterling and 10-year-old Isabelle Kaufman of Kingman were announced as area winners of the contest. Riley is the son of Catherine Leake while Isabelle is the daughter of Jodi and Travis Kaufman.
Contest winners receive a bicycle from the Kansas Turnpike Authority and a helmet from Safe Kids Kansas.
The idea of the contest is getting children to think about traffic safety and presenting those ideas on posters. A total of 638 children in Kansas, ages 5 to 13, participated this year.
Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day is a nationwide initiative to improve traffic safety and decrease traffic deaths.
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