BOWIE, Md. (AP) — Maryland authorities say they’re investigating a crash that killed five children who were ejected from a minivan. Two adults were also injured.
Maryland State Police troopers say in a news release that the single-vehicle crash happened before 5 a.m. Saturday on northbound Route 301 in Prince George’s County.
The troopers identified the dead children as: 8-year-old London Dixon and 5-year-old Paris Dixon, both of Bowie; and 14-year-old Zion Beard; 6-year-old Rickelle Ricks; and 15-year-old Damari Herald, all of Washington, D.C.
According to Fox News, authorities say none of the children were wearing seat belts at the time of the crash.
Police identified the driver as 32-year-old Dominique Taylor, of Bowie. Twenty-three-year Cornell Simon of Oxon Hill is believed to have been a front-seat passenger. Both were injured.
The preliminary investigation shows the vehicle struck several trees and then spun in a snow-covered field.
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