FARMINGTON, Pa. — Five people from the Delaware, Ohio area, including an infant, were killed in a crash in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, police said.
The crash involving two vehicles and a tractor-trailer happened on Route 40 in Wharton Township, Farmington, around 2 p.m., according to county 911.
The five people who died at the scene were in the same car, authorities said. Two people in the other vehicle and the truck driver have minor injuries.
In a Facebook post on Thursday, the coroner identified the victims as 55-year-old Harold Nibert, 47-year-old Bradley Thivener, 36-year-old Krystal May, 33-year-old Amanda Dawson and 7-month-old Kullen Dawson.
The coroner said Nibert was driving eastbound when his black Honda Accord crossed the double-yellow line and hit the tractor-trailer driver head-on.
Trooper Kalee Barnhart with Pennsylvania State Police said investigators are working to determine what caused the crash.
Sources told CBS affiliate KDKA-TV that a witness told police that the driver of the Honda made an illegal pass before the crash and speed may have been a factor.
According to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, the crash shut down Route 40 in both directions between the intersection of Route 381 and the intersection of Dinner Bell 5 Forks Road and Dinner Bell Ohiopyle Road. It reopened around 7 p.m.
"This is a very dangerous road," said Stacy Kenes, who lives in the area and heard Tuesday's crash.
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