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Authorities have released the names of those involved in a fatal two-car crash in Livingston County. It happened around 6 a.m. Thursday on Route 256 in Sparta. The Sheriff's Office says a southbound car driven by John Linehan of Livonia was passing a southbound dump truck hauling a backhoe and crashed into an oncoming car. The crash killed the other driver, Theodore Markel of Dansville. The crash injured Linehan and two of Markel's passengers -- Matthew Markel and Joe Greene, both of Dansville.