Head-on crash on A-40: Identification of driver driving in opposite direction

The driver involved in a head-on crash on Highway 40 Sunday afternoon, driving in the opposite direction, has been identified.

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Samantha Emily Bryan is a 24-year-old woman from Ontario.

Two occupants of the Kia Soul, which were being pursued by police, died.

Motorists driving along Highway 40 captured the spectacular event.

The scene led to horrifying videos of the driver traveling in opposite directions, between two lanes of the highway.

Vehicles facing a wrong-way driver had only a few tenths of a second to react.

The fleeing vehicle finally ended its course when officers collided head-on with a pickup truck.

According to the latest information from the Bureau of Independent Investigations (BEI), the occupants of the second vehicle involved in the accident luckily escaped the collision.