UPPER MARLBORO, Md. — The funerals for five children killed in a single car crash in Bowie, Md. on Feb. 2 will be held this Saturday.
The funeral service will begin at 11 a.m. at the First Baptist Church of Glenarden in Upper Marlboro, Md.
The children were identified as 5-year-old Paris Dixon, 8-year-old London Dixon, 6-year-old Rickelle Ricks, 14-year-old Zion Beard and 15-year-old Damari Herald.
Police said the children were riding unrestrained in the back seat of a 2005 Chrysler Pacifica that careened off Rt. 301 northbound near Pointer Ridge Road at 4:30 a.m. on Feb. 2. The car smashed through brush and trees before spinning into an open field near a storage unit business.
All the teens and children riding in the back were thrown from the car.
The driver was Dominique Taylor, 32, who is the mother of London and Paris, according to police.
She survived along with an adult passenger Cornell D. Simon of Oxon Hill, Md.
Police have not determined a cause for the crash and a full investigation is not complete.
A GoFundMe page has been set up for all five victims.
