Current, former Arkansas high school students identified as 5 killed in Wyoming wrong-way crash

5 present and former Arkansas highschool college students who have been visiting Jackson Gap Bible Faculty have been recognized because the victims killed this week in a wrong-way crash alongside Interstate 80 in Wyoming. 

The Wyoming Freeway Patrol stated the driving force of a Dodge Ram who was headed east within the westbound lanes close to Rawlins Sunday night time and struck a passenger automotive and business truck has been arrested on suspicion of driving whereas impaired. 

The motive force of one other business truck, in an try and keep away from the oncoming Dodge Ram, entered the median and exited the opposite facet the place “it collided head-on with a Ford F-150,” police stated. Each automobiles grew to become engulfed in flames, killing the 5 individuals contained in the F-150. 

“Our fellowship is mourning the lack of 5 of our younger adults — Salomon Correa, Magdalene Franco, Andrea Prime, Susana Prime, and Ava Luplow,” the Religion Bible Fellowship Church in North Little Rock wrote on Fb. “After spending per week in Jackson Gap visiting Jackson Gap Bible Faculty, they have been concerned in a multi-vehicle collision on an interstate in Wyoming.” 

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The Sylvan Hills Excessive College in Sherwood stated Susana “Suzy” Prime and Luplow have been present college students, whereas Andrea Prime, Correa and Franco have been current graduates. Their ages ranged from 18 to 23, in response to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. 

The Humble Crumb Bakery in Sherwood, the place each Susana Prime and Luplow labored, describe the pair as “gems” and stated information of the crash “has damaged our hearts and we’re nonetheless attempting the wrap our minds round this new actuality.” 

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“We’ve got ONE consolation and ONE hope and that’s the consolation that comes solely from God,” the bakery stated on Fb. “Ava and Suzy cherished Jesus and so they knew Jesus as their redeeming Savior. They wished to serve him with their lives and so they have been trusting in HIM for his or her salvation. They’re now with HIM in glory and whereas we undergo their loss, our hearts are additionally stuffed with hope.”

The final space of Interstate 80, close to Rawlins, Wyo., the place the accidents occurred Sunday.
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“We had some alumni and buddies visiting from North Little Rock, Arkansas” and “they have been in a deadly automotive accident on their method again to Arkansas,” the Jackson Gap Bible Faculty stated in a press release.

“Would you please maintain their households in your prayers and in addition the employees and college students right here on campus? Additionally please pray that the gospel would go forth in a miraculous method by this tough scenario.” 

The motive force of the Dodge Ram who allegedly brought about the wrong-way crashes has not been recognized, however officers stated the person “might obtain future expenses because the investigation unfolds.” 

The Wyoming Freeway Patrol didn’t instantly reply Wednesday to a request from Fox Information Digital for remark. 

The Wyoming Freeway Patrol says the driving force who allegedly brought about the crashes might face extra expenses.
(Wyoming Freeway Patrol)

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“That is the eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth fatalities on Wyoming’s roadways in 2023 in comparison with one in 2022, eight in 2021, and three in 2020,” the Patrol stated in a press release. 

A funeral for the present and former college students is scheduled for Feb. 4. 

Fox Information’ Haley Chi-Sing contributed to this report.