PITTSBURG, Calif. — The three children and two women killed in a wrong-way, head-on crash on Highway 4 in Contra Costa County have been identified.
The accident happened around 12:10 a.m. Thursday on SR-4 near Railroad Avenue in Pittsburg.
California Highway Patrol says the driver of a Hyundai Elantra, 27-year-old Tiara Tucker of Vallejo, was going east in the westbound lanes when she collided with a Ford Flex being driven by Lasaundra Goode, 44, of Vacaville.
Goode – who was driving on the correct side of the road when the crash happened – was pronounced dead at the scene.
Tucker – who was driving on the wrong side of the road when the crash happened – was also pronounced dead at the scene along with her three child passengers identified as Kaliyah Johnson-Ochoa, 9; Mariah Mihailovic, 5; and Keilani Johnson-Ochoa, 4; all from Vallejo.
It’s not yet known if drugs or alcohol contributed to the crash, and Tucker’s relationship to her three child passengers is also unclear.
Anyone who witnessed the accident or saw the vehicle prior to the crash is asked to call CHP – Contra Costa at 925-646-4980.
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