Tiara Tucker, 27, Kaliyah Johnson-Ochoa, 9, Keilani Johnson-Ochoa, 4, Mariah Mihailovic, 5, and Lasaundra Goode, 44, killed in two-vehicle wrong-way crash on Highway 4 in Pittsburg, California
5 killed in wrong-way Northern California highway crash
Five people, including three children, were killed Thursday after a car going the wrong way crashed head-on against another vehicle, the California Highway Patrol said.
5 Victims Identified in Fatal Wrong-Way Crash on Highway 4 in Pittsburg
The California Highway Patrol initially received a report of someone driving a Hyundai Elantra east in the westbound highway lanes near Railroad Avenue, then learned shortly afterward that the Hyundai crashed head-on into a Ford Flex west of Loveridge Road.
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