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Two killed in Bustleton crash, driver on the run

Authorities are investigating after a hit-and-run crash which left two people dead and five injured.

SOURCE: METRO IMAGES

Two people were killed and five others were injured Saturday night in a crash at Bustleton Avenue and Red Lion Road.

Six vehicles were involved in the crash, which occurred around 11:45 p.m., and authorities are still searching for the driver, who fled the scene.

Police identified the two people who died as Carmen Montalvo Ruiz, 48, and Juan A. Lopez Rivera, 50, both of the 5100 block of Whitaker Avenue in Feltonville. They were pronounced dead at the scene shortly after midnight, authorities said.

The driver who caused the crash was behind the wheel of a Chevrolet Camaro, according to multiple media reports. He reportedly jumped into a white Lexus and left the scene. ••

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