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Wilmington Truck Driver Hurt in Deadly Md. Crash

A Delaware tractor-trailer driver was heading to his Wilmington home early Saturday morning when his truck collided with a car, in Queenstown, Maryland, killing five family members, including a pregnant woman.

Twenty-eight-year-old Yvenet Mayette, of Wilmington, was traveling southbound on Route 213 around 1:15 a.m. when he struck the passenger side of a 2006 Suzuki Forenza that was carrying a Greenbush, Virginia family, who were heading westbound on Route 50.

The tractor-trailer then rolled over the car -- the family of five was still inside.

Sisters Zarissa and Regina Ayres, Regina's boyfriend Travis Stratton, their 2-month-old son Jonathan, and Regina's 7-year-old daughter Jordan were on a trip to Baltimore to visit family, police said.

Regina Ayres, 24; Stratton, 25; and the two children were pronounced dead at the scene. Zarissa Ayres, 30, was taken to a hospital where she and her unborn child were pronounced dead.

Mayette was believed to be headed home to Wilmington, Delaware, after picking up 44,000 pounds of polyfiber in Charlotte, North Carolina, Friday afternoon. He was flown to University of Maryland Shock Trauma, where he is being treated.

The cause of the crash is under investigation, but alcohol does not appear to be a factor. It's unclear which vehicle had a green light.

Route 50 reopened about 9:30 a.m. after authoriites spent more than eight hours collecting evidence and conducting an investigation at the scene.

No charges have been filed. Anyone who may have witnessed the crash is urged to contact Maryland State Police at the Centreville Barrack at 410-758-1101, extension 7.

The tractor trailer is owned by Nationwide Solutions LLC of St. John, Indiana.

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