Authorities have identified a South Carolina man and two children who were killed in a predawn rollover on an Arizona freeway that injured four other family members.
Arizona Department of Public Safety officials said the seven people were traveling in a pickup truck from North Charleston, South Carolina, to the west Phoenix area on November 23 when the vehicle entered the median and overturned in the Casa Grande area. south of Phoenix. 4 a.m.
DPS officials said three people were ejected from the van and pronounced dead at the scene.
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They have been identified as John Henry White, 74, and two of his great-grandchildren, a 3-year-old girl and a 9-month-old boy.
A South Carolina family was traveling when their vehicle crashed into a median, killing the father, two children and injuring four others. DPS says driver fatigue could be a factor.
DPS said four other people in the vehicle were seriously injured, including three of White’s other great-grandchildren: a 13-year-old girl, a 5-year-old boy and a 9-month-old boy whose twin brother was killed in the crash. .
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White’s 33-year-old granddaughter, the mother of the five children, was also injured and was taken to a hospital, authorities said.
DPS investigators said driver fatigue was a possible factor in the fatal rollover.