Jeff Novak, 52, and Michalanne Salliotte, 42, killed, 3 children injured, after church van blows a tire and overturns on U.S. 90 in Lake City, Florida

The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a wreck early Friday morning involving a church van on the U.S. 90 ramp to Interstate 75. Columbia County Fire-Rescue reported that two adults, later identified as Jeff Novak, 52, and Michalanne Salliotte, 42, were killed and three children were injured, one of them critically. The van crashed about 8:20 a.m. when a tire blew out and the vehicle overturned. The driver and the second adult victim were thrown from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene. It wasn't clear of they were wearing seat belts. The critically injured child, identified as Jacob Newman, 14, was taken to UF Health in Gainesville. One other child, identified as Jared Leach, 14, was taken to Lake City Medical Center. The van carrying three adults and seven children was headed from the First Baptist Church in New Port Richie to a camp in Georgia. Two lanes of I-75 northbound were closed for two hours after the crash, as was the U.S. 90 on-ramp.