Details about vehicle accident that killed 5 in Williams

With BC-CNS-Safety Summit

By Cronkite News Service

Authorities provided the following details of a Sept. 10, 2007, crash that killed five people in Williams:

The car was traveling 109 mph when it left the road and hit a pine tree around 10 p.m.. The six people inside had been in the woods celebrating the birthday of a passenger, 16-year-old Jennifer Miller, who survived the crash.

Those killed were the driver, Matthew Dent, 20, of Williams; Elena Rivera, 15, of Williams; Prescott McDaniel, 16, of Williams; Matthew Small, 18, of Claremont, Calif.; and Jesse Buchmoyer, 21, of Williams.