Update:  The third person killed in a Thursday Kosciusko County crash has been identified. 

Han Nguyen Le, 36, of Warsaw, was the driver of the Nissan Maxima involved in Thursday's two-vehicle crash that killed three people.

Original Story

Three people are now confirmed dead in a two-car crash and fire in Kosciusko County Thursday.

Emergency crews were dispatched to a two-vehicle collision on Old Road 30, east of State Road 13, Thursday afternoon. Deputies with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office arrived within minutes of the initial call and discovered a 2014 Nissan Maxima fully engulfed in flames and two unresponsive females inside a Kia Sportage.

The preliminary results of the investigation indicate that the eastbound Maxima passed an eastbound motorcycle and collided head-on in the westbound lane with a westbound Kia Sportage, driven by Teressa Johnson, 66, of Warsaw. The collision caused significant front-end damage to both vehicles; entrapping all occupants. 

According to witnesses at the scene, the Maxima was traveling at a high rate of speed prior to the crash.

The Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office Fatal Team responded with North Webster Police, Pierceton Police, Winona Lake Police, North Webster / Tippecanoe Township Fire, Pierceton Fire, Lutheran EMS and the Kosciusko County Coroner’s Office.

Johnson and a front seat passenger, her daughter, Amanda Johnson, 43, of Warsaw, were pronounced deceased at the scene. The driver of the Maxima remains unidentified at the time of this press release.

This incident remains under investigation.