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6 people were killed, 10 injured in a van crash early Saturday on I-95 in Virginia



6 dead, 10 injured after Va. van crash
Police: Occupants not wearing seat belts

By Susanna Capelouto
POSTED: 2:26 PM Jun 18 2016 UPDATED: 3:00 PM Jun 18 2016








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Six people were killed in a van accident early Saturday on a highway in Virginia, state police said.

The van ran off and came back onto the road. It hit a car that spun out of control, police said

The vehicle ran off the road again on the other side of Interstate 95, where the driver overcorrected to get back onto the highway. That caused the van to flip over five or six times, ejecting the six passengers, police said.

The occupants were not wearing seatbelts, police said.

The driver of the 1998 Dodge van and nine surviving passengers were taken to two hospitals in Caroline and Spotsylvania counties with serious injuries, officials said.

The driver of the car, a 2016 Toyota Camry, was not hurt.

The six dead include a juvenile, a woman and four men. Police will not release their names until their families are notified. 






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6 killed in van crash in Virginia

Published June 18, 2016
Associated Press


BOWLING GREEN, Va. – Six people were killed Saturday when a van carrying 16 people hit a car and overturned multiple times, Virginia authorities said.

It happened on Interstate 95 in Caroline County, Virginia State Police said in a statement. They said the driver of a 1998 Dodge van ran off the road, then came back and struck a Toyota Camry. State Police said the van overturned approximately five to six times and six passengers were thrown from the van.

It appears that no one in the van was wearing a seat belt when it crashed around 12:30 a.m., Virginia State Police spokesman Sgt. Steve Vick said in an email.

The six people thrown from the van -- four males, one female and a juvenile -- died at the scene, State Police said. The driver and nine other passengers were taken to a hospital with serious injuries, they said.

The Camry's driver was uninjured. Officials said the names of the deceased will be released once relatives are notified