NARVON, PA. Accident kills five young men

None of the vehicle's occupants was wearing a seat belt.
NARVON, Pa. (AP) -- Five young men died when their sport utility vehicle crossed the center line of an ice-covered road and collided with a snowplow in Lancaster County, state police said.
The accident occurred about 10 a.m. Sunday on Pa. Route 322 in Caernarvon Township. The Jeep Grand Cherokee's driver apparently lost control and collided with a snowplow traveling in the opposite direction, police said. A third vehicle, a full-sized van, then struck the snowplow from behind, authorities said.
Authorities said five of the Jeep's eight occupants died in the accident. No one was wearing a seat belt, police said. The men were mostly in their late teens, police said.
Witness's account
Cliff Froggatt, 31, who lives near the accident site, said two of the survivors from the Jeep walked away from the accident with cuts and scrapes, but that a third survivor's legs were trapped. He had to be freed by emergency workers, Froggatt said.
"The whole side of the Jeep was caved in. It was kind of bent in half," Froggatt said.
Dan Mitchell, a township supervisor, said the Jeep was filled with hockey equipment, and emergency workers believed the men were on their way to play a game.
Police identified the men who died as: Henry F. Miller, 20, of Paradise, the Jeep's driver; Abner B. King, 17, of Leola; Omer B. King, 19, of Gordonville; Mervin Esh, 18, of Ronks; and Christ Stoltzfus, 18, of Gordonville.
The state Department of Transportation snowplow sustained minor damage in the accident. The driver was identified as Timothy L. Barr, 46, of Ephrata.
The driver of the van was not injured, police said.
Shirley Siedhof, who also lives near the accident site, said she saw the Jeep travel down a hill faster than other cars had been driving.
"I said to my daughter, 'That car's going way too fast, they aren't going to be able to stop,"' Siedhof told WGAL-TV.
Siedhof said the hill is dangerous when it snows or sleets.
"Everybody else was taking it very easy, so it really caught my eye to see that vehicle going too fast," she said.