The three people killed in chain reaction crashes on Interstate 80 Tuesday have been identified as a family from the state of Indiana.
The Centre County coroner’s office has identified the victims as a 48-year-old father, 49-year-old mother and their 20-year-old son from Porter County.
Officials say autopsies were completed Wednesday and found their causes of death to be blunt force trauma.
Their manner of deaths is accidental, the coroner’s office says.
The deadly, chain reaction crashes happened just after midnight Tuesday about a mile past the I-80 Milesburg Exit in the westbound lane.
Officials say a car collided with a tractor trailer and became disabled on the shoulder of the roadway.
Police say another tractor trailer then hit the disabled car, killing the family of three.
Right before that, police say another person, who they describe as a good Samaritan, was seriously injured as they were walking towards the disabled car when the car was pushed into them after being hit by the truck.
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