Authorities confirmed to The Sun that a total of seven people were killed in the horrific crash. 2 A total of seven people died in the horrific incidentCredit: ABC7 2 A preliminary investigation revealed 22-year-old Jennifer Fernandes was traveling eastbound in the westbound lanesCredit: ABC7 The truck was traveling westbound on the interstate when it hit a car head-on. Illinois State Police told the Sun that both vehicles were “completely swept away.” A preliminary investigation revealed that 22-year-old Jennifer Fernandez was traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes when she allegedly struck the truck carrying seven occupants, ABC7 reports. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Thomas Dobosz, 32, was driving the van that was hit. He was then taken to hospital with serious injuries. Lauren Dobosz, 31, and five children were also killed in the crash, the report said. The children include two 13-year-old girls, a 7-year-old boy, a 6-year-old boy and a 5-year-old girl, police said. The accident happened at 2:11 a.m. Sunday near Hampshire, Illinois. The fatal crash also caused another crash when a semi truck stopped to let a medical helicopter land and a second semi rear-ended it, officials told ABC7. One person was slightly injured in the second collision.