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Tomohiro Hirayama, 50, Sachiyo Hirayama, 42, Yuki Hirayama, 16, killed, Rinka Hirayama, 9, seriously injured, taken to hospital, after a police pursuit if a pickup leads to a two-car crash on U.S. 160 in Tuba City.

Date: 
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Area: 
Phoenix, AZ

Three members of a Vernon Hills family on spring break in Arizona died last week, when a car being chased by police struck their vehicle on a highway near the Grand Canyon, authorities in Arizona said.

Tomohiro Hirayama, 50, his wife Sachiyo, 42, and their son Yuki, a 16-year-old sophomore at Stevenson High School, died at about 9:03 p.m. March 28 on U.S. Route 160.

The Hirayama’s 9-year-old daughter, Rinka Hirayama, was the lone survivor of the crash, and remains at Phoenix Children’s Hospital, authorities in Arizona said. Rinka attends Half Day School in Lincolnshire.