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The five people, including three children, who were killed in a fiery head-on collision involving a school bus and a semi-truck in Illinois have been identified.
The victims were named as 72-year-old David Coufal of Browning; 57-year-old Angela Spiker of Rushville; five-year-old Maria Miller and three-year-old Andrew Miller of Rushville; and three-year-old Noah Driscoll of Rushville.
Spiker's brother, Scott Waterman, confirmed on Facebook that his sister was driving the bus when she drifted into the lane of an oncoming truck.
'Lord God, please be with my family tonight as we deal with a terrible tragedy. We lost my loving little sister today,' he wrote.
'She was driving a small school bus and today she had 3 children on board for some reason she drifted into the lane of an oncoming semi and they hit head on. There were no survivors.'
Siblings Maria Miller, 5, and Andrew Miller, 3, were killed in a fiery crash on a highway in western Illinois
Angela Spiker, 57, was driving a Schuyler-Industry Schools bus with three children on board when she veered into oncoming traffic
The bus collided with a semi-truck driven by 72-year-old David Coufal. Both vehicles burst into flames
The bus was traveling west on U.S. Route 24 at Parkview Road around 11:30 am Monday when it veered and hit the truck, which was driven by Coufal. Both vehicles burst into flames.
The crash occurred in Rushville, a small city about 60 miles outside Springfield. All five victims were pronounced dead at the scene, according to Illinois State Police.
