Two women killed in U.S. 30 crash ID'd

NEW HAVEN, Ind. (WANE) Two people were killed in a crash Tuesday morning on U.S. 30 near South Doyle Road, east of I-469.

Wednesday afternoon, the Allen County Coroner's Office released the identity of the victims who were both killed by blunt force trauma.  The two women, who were both wearing seatbelts and driving separate vehicles, have been identified as Suzanne K. Stephenson, 65, of Monroeville, Indiana and Sandra Dealey, 43, of Convoy, Ohio.

Police were called to the scene around 10:45 a.m. Witnesses said the light had just turned green at the intersection and the cars that had been stopped had not yet accelerated when a semi slammed into the line of cars.

Seven people were taken the hospital; two of them had serious injuries.

One witness said the wreckage looked like a scene out of a horrible movie.

"I came up right after it all settled," Bob Henry said. "The semi truck took that car right into the ditch with it, and it exploded into a fire."

Henry stopped his car when he saw the destruction. He also comforted one driver who he said acted quickly to make sure her car didn't get caught up in the wreck.

"She had to step on the accelerator to get out of the way of it or it would have taken her up in it," Henry said.  "I'm still hanging around here. She was very shaken up and I could very well see why. All this happening right behind her, and if she hadn't been paying attention, and seen it all coming right on top of her, she would have been taken up in it too. Thank goodness she was able to step on the accelerator and get out of the way of it."

Westbound lanes of US 30 were closed for about seven hours and reopened around 6:30 p.m.