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A fatal car crash in Kentucky between a semi-tractor trailer and a SUV resulted in the death of two children, from Chicago, and a man, who had just gotten married in Florida. The crash occurred on Interstate 65 just south of Elizabethtown, Kentucky around 3:30 a.m. The semi-truck was northbound on I-65 when it rear-ended the Nissan Pathfinder, the impact caused the SUV to go off the road and roll over. The Pathfinder has seven passengers inside, three of the seven were pronounced dead at the scene. The passengers killed as a result of the crash were identified as Victor Chacon, 26, Brianna Chacon, 10, and Tatyana Alvarez, 11. The passengers who sustained personal injuries and transported to hospitals were identified as 49-year-old Victor Chacon, Melissa Gonzalez, 30, Victor Chacon, 5, and Yaznylie Chacon, 2, he said. The eldest Victor Chacon and Melissa Gonzalez are married, all three girls and the youngest Victor Chacon are their children. The young adult who was just married in Florida was the eldest Chacon’s son. The driver of the semi-truck sustained no personal injuries from the crash. As a part of protocol when commercial trucks are involved in a car collision, the truck driver underwent a toxicology exam; the results were not reported in the initial news story about this automobile / trucking accident. According to Kentucky State Trooper Bruce Reeves, the area where the crash occurred was not lit. For more see 2 children and 1 man killed on I-65, family traveling home from Florida wedding.