Five members of Florida family killed in wreck

PERRY - Five members of a Florida family returning from a funeral in Indiana died Tuesday when their minivan ran into a concrete culvert off Interstate 75. <br> <br> Georgia State Patrol officials said Jason Knepp, 28, of Sarasota, his wife, Eileen, 29, and their children, Heidi, 4, Andrew, 3, and Ivanna, 1, died instantly. Sgt. J.K. Henderson said none wore a seat belt. <br> <br> The Knepps had returned to Sarasota a few months ago after spending three years doing missionary work in Ontario, Canada. <br> <br> Knepp, who ran a lawn care business, had passed another motorist just minutes before the 7 a.m. accident about 100 miles south of Atlanta. The six-lane road curved but Knepp continued straight, driving off the interstate and into the culvert. <br> <br> Mrs. Knepp and the children were in the back of the van. <br> <br> ``It appears they were sleeping,&#39;&#39; Henderson said. ``In fact, the children just looked like they were sleeping&#39;&#39; when they were found. <br> <br> The Knepps had borrowed the van from a Mennonite church friend so they could attend the funeral of Knepp&#39;s grandfather.

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