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Five Die in Headon Crash Near Downingtown
A car and a oil truck collided on a curve south of Downingtown killing five people and injuring four others. Surviving witness James Ayers, 25, says the car carried six youths including driver Donald Jamison, 23, and passengers Vincent Zirmi, 19, Fred Pizli, 21, and Carmen J Marino, 23. Truck driver James Pula, Ambler, was among the dead with his wife Marina in critical condition. Oil spilled from the 4300 gallon load.
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Owningtown
Pay
Chester County Hospital
Depuy
Fred Manship
Downingown
Suvivor
James Ayers
Downingtown
Donald Jamison
Vincent Zirmi
Fred Pizli
West Chester
Manship
Eile
James Pula
Ambler
Pula
Carmen J
Marino
Marina
Ayers