SALINA — A military school in central Kansas is mourning three current and former students who died in a rollover crash in Colorado, including a 2016 class valedictorian who had graduated days earlier.
St. John’s Military School cadets John Yoder of Colorado and Akinwumi “A.J.” Ricketts of Nigeria and graduate Jake Whitting of New York, the Salina school’s valedictorian in the Class of 2016, died Tuesday at the scene of the crash about 40 minutes southwest of Denver, the Salina Journal (