Officials ID 3 Killed In Wrong-Way Crash In Kenner

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Officials are identifying the three people killed in a wrong-way accident on Airline Highway in Kenner over the weekend.

The Jefferson Parish Coroner's office says 67-year-old Willie Harris Jr. and 45-year-old Tavalyn Session died about 10 p.m. on Saturday when their car was hit head-on by a car driven by 39-year-old Elvin Avila-Torres.

Avila-Torres was also killed, and his passenger, whose name has not yet been released, is in critical condition.

nvestigators don't yet know whether Avila-Torres was driving the wrong way because of intoxication or because he was having a medical episode.

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