Five current and former Arkansas high school students visiting Jackson Hole Bible College have been identified as the victims who died this week in a wrong-way crash along Interstate 80 in Wyoming.
The Wyoming Highway Patrol said the driver of an eastbound Dodge Ram in the westbound lanes near Rawlins Sunday night and struck a passenger car and a commercial truck was arrested on suspicion of driving. in a state of drunkness.
The driver of another commercial truck, in an attempt to avoid the oncoming Dodge Ram, entered the median and exited on the other side where he “collied head-on with a Ford F-150,” police said. Both vehicles were engulfed in flames, killing the five people inside the F-150.
“Our fellowship mourns the loss of five of our young adults: Salomon Correa, Magdalene Franco, Andrea Prime, Susana Prime, and Ava Luplow,” the Faith Bible Fellowship Church in North Little Rock wrote on Facebook. “After spending a week in Jackson Hole visiting Jackson Hole Bible College, they were involved in a multi-vehicle collision on an interstate highway in Wyoming.”
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Clockwise from top left, Ava Luplow, Salomon Correa, Andrea Prime, Magdalene Franco, and Susana “Suzy” Prime.
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Sylvan Hills High School in Sherwood said Susana “Suzy” Prime and Luplow were current students, while Andrea Prime, Correa and Franco were recent graduates. Their ages ranged from 18 to 23, according to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
The Humble Crumb Bakery in Sherwood, where both Susana Prime and Luplow worked, describe the couple as “gems” and said the news of the accident “has broken our hearts and we’re still trying to come to terms with this new reality.”
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“We have ONE comfort and ONE hope and that is the comfort that comes only from God,” the bakery said on Facebook. “Ava and Suzy loved Jesus and knew Jesus as their redeeming Saviour. They wanted to serve HIM with their lives and trusted HIM for their salvation. Now they are with HIM in glory and as we grieve their loss, our hearts are filled with hope as well.” .
The general area of Interstate 80, near Rawlins, Wyoming, where the crashes occurred Sunday.
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“We had some alumni and friends from North Little Rock, Arkansas visit” and they “were in a fatal car accident on their way back to Arkansas,” Jackson Hole Bible College said in a statement.
“Would you please keep your families in your prayers as well as the staff and students here on campus? Please also pray that the gospel will miraculously spread through this difficult situation.”
The driver of the Dodge Ram who allegedly caused the wrong-way collisions has not been identified, but authorities said the individual “may be charged in the future as the investigation unfolds.”
The Wyoming Highway Patrol did not immediately respond Wednesday to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
The Wyoming Highway Patrol says the driver who allegedly caused the crashes could face further charges.
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“These are the eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth fatalities on Wyoming highways in 2023 compared to one in 2022, eight in 2021 and three in 2020,” the Patrol said in a statement.
A funeral for the current and former students is scheduled for February 4.
Fox News’ Haley Chi-Sing contributed to this report.
