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It was about 4:05pm when Jonathan and Jessica Coppinger were in a vehicle heading east on State Highway 7 when they were all of the sudden struck head-on by a westbound pickup truck driven by Dakota Youngblood, 16, who was attempting to pass another westbound vehicle in a no-passing zone. Jonathan was killed by the impact and pronounced dead at the scene, while Jessica and their unborn child were pronounced dead at the hospital. Yougblood and a passenger in his vehicle, Derek Davidson, 20, were both and taken to the hospital with injuries.