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Associated Press - October 16, 2009 8:44 AM ET
LARWILL, Ind. (AP) - Authorities say none of the four Kentucky residents killed this week in a northern Indiana crash were wearing a seat belts when the car in which they were riding slammed head-on into a sport-utility vehicle.
The Whitley County Sheriff's Department says the driver, 27-year-old Richard Rardin of Clay City, Ky., tried to pass in a no-passing zone Tuesday on Indiana 5 near the community of Larwill when the crash happened.
Rardin died of head and internal injuries. Also killed in the crash about 30 miles west of Fort Wayne were 29-year-old Amanda Hollon of Winchester, Ky., and 34-year-old Shara Means and 21-year-old Shannel Gabbard of Stanton, Ky.
The SUV's driver was taken to a hospital with leg injuries.
Information from: The Journal Gazette, http://www.journalgazette.net
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