Cops ID Driver, Passenger in Fiery Crash Into Home

Police have identified the driver of a car that crashed into a Montgomery County home Tuesday morning.

Police say that 26-year-old Laura Stevens of Philadelphia was driving in a car going westbound on Byberry Road when she crashed her car into a house on Byberry and Fitch Road in Hatboro around 1:42 a.m. The car struck a parked vehicle in the driveway before crashing into the home.

Police identified the passenger in the car, 27-year-old Wayne Foulke, on Wednesday.

Both Stevens and Foulke died in the accident from smoke inhalation and thermal burns. Police are still investigating how Stevens lost control of the car. On Wednesday night friends of both victims went to the scene to remember the dead..

The Cummins family was inside their home at the time of the crash.

James and Jill Cummins and their three kids were able to escape before their house was completely destroyed. They are currently staying with relatives.

"It was all in flames," Jill said about their destroyed home. "There was nothing you could do -- it was just an inferno."

The Cummins family dog even made it out.

"When you look at those pictures and then you realize that we got out just in time and we're all OK and none of us were injured -- it's just amazing," Jill said.

And the Cummins are thinking of the families of the two people who died.

"Heart-wrenching... of course we didn't want anybody to die," Jill said.

The community is rallying around the Cummins. Donations are being accepted at Jenkintown Elementary School. Jim Cummins is the Director of Technology for the school district. And at the Hatboro Market down the street from the heap of debris that used to be the family's home, people have been putting money in a jar to help the family.

A fund was also set up to help the Cummins family get back on their feet.

C/O Keith Purcaro
James and Jill Cummins
The School District of Jenkintown
325 Highland Avenue
Jenkintown, PA 19046

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