The Franklin County Coroner has identified the three men killed in a crash on I-64 Wednesday. All three men were from Lexington.
According to the coroner, Julio Cesar Ramirez, 46, Santiago Jimenez Lopez, 40, and Jose Luis Rodriquez Lobos, 28, were passengers in a van that crashed on I-64 near the 53 mile marker.
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First responders told LEX 18 a tire blew on the van, causing it to crash into a tree and become engulfed in flames. The driver of the van was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The three victims remained in the van until the vehicle was towed to the Medical Examiner’s Office in Frankfort.
Investigators say the three deceased men were not wearing seat belts.
