5 victims, including 3 kids under 10 years old, identified in deadly wrong-way Pittsburg crash

PITTSBURG, Calif. (KGO) — The 5 people who have been killed, together with three kids, in a wrong-way crash on Freeway 4 in Pittsburg have been recognized, in response to officers.

The video within the participant above is from a earlier report.

The Contra Costa County Coroner launched the names of the victims killed:

• Lasaundra Goode, 44, Vacaville
• Tiara Tucker, 27, Vallejo
• Mariah Mihailovic, 5, Vallejo
• Keilani Johnson-Ochoa, 4, Vallejo
• Kaliyah Johnson-Ochoa, 9, Vallejo

The California Freeway Patrol responded to the scene round 12:11 a.m. Thursday, after a wrong-way driver was going eastbound in westbound lanes after they collided head-on with one other automotive.

The three kids killed within the crash have been within the automotive going the flawed means, pushed by Tucker, CHP confirmed. Goode was the motive force of the SUV hit whereas going the precise means.

It’s nonetheless unclear what the connection was between Tucker and the kids within the automotive.

A GoFundMe web page has been created for Keilani and Kaliyah Johnson-Ochoa.

Each automobiles concerned seemed to be fully mangled.

On Thursday, investigators have been nonetheless trying to find solutions and weren’t capable of say the place Tucker acquired on the freeway.

As a result of it was so late at night time with few automobiles on the highway on the time, CHP is asking that anybody who could have witnessed the crash to return ahead as they work to piece collectively what occurred.

“No matter how small or insignificant you may assume that data is, to us, it may present a wealth of knowledge,” CHP Officer Andrew Officer Barklay stated.

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This collision was lower than 24 hours after a lethal crash in the identical space that shut down Freeway 4 and prompted a big site visitors backup.

In case you have any details about what occurred, you’re requested to name CHP Contra Costa.

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