2 killed in wrong-way crash on I-95 in Virginia

Two people are dead after a car traveling south in a northbound lane collided head on with another vehicle traveling in the same lane on I-95 Sunday night in Virginia.

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Virginia State Police responded to the scene at the 45 mile marker in Prince George County around 10:39 p.m.

Investigators say 47-year-old Kimberly Sawicki of Ormond Beach, Fla. Was driving a Toyota Yaris in the wrong direction when she struck a northbound Honda CRV.

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Both Sawicki and a passenger in the Honda - Cecilia Suesmith, 62, of Woodbridge – died at the scene.

The driver of the Honda was taken to a local hospital with serious injuries.

Two dogs were in the Honda, and one of them was fatally injured.

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Troopers are still trying to determine why the Toyota was in the northbound lane.

Prince George Animal Control removed two dogs from the scene of the crash that were traveling in the Honda. One dog was fatally injured.

Troopers are continuing to investigate how the Toyota entered the northbound lanes of I-95.