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Victims identified in deadly crash on I-65N near Bullitt County line

Police said four people in a jeep were ejected after the car struck two semi trucks. I-65 North near the incident will be closed to traffic for several hours.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Two people killed in a crash on Interstate 65 North near the Bullitt County line have been identified. 

The Jefferson County Coroner's office identified the deceased as Charles Nkumijegusenga and Tuyisenge Jiriberi.

The crash happened just before 9:30 a.m. Aug. 22.

The Louisville Metro Police Department's preliminary investigation indicates that a jeep with four people inside struck a semi that was sitting on the shoulder of the roadway. 

That collision caused the jeep to strike a second semi-truck that was traveling north on I-65. All four people in the jeep were ejected.

Nkumijegusenga and Jiriberi were pronounced dead on the scene and the two others were transported in University of Louisville Hospital with one critical condition.

Neither driver of the semi-trucks were injured.

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