Police ID PA Man, Others In Crash That Killed Dad, 4 Daughters

TOWNSEND, Del. – Police have identified the Pennsylvania man and others involved in a Delaware car crash that killed a father and his four daughters on Friday. The crash happened just before 4 p.m. on Route 1 in Townsend, Del. when a Ford F-350 pickup crossed the grassy center median, hitting two cars and killing five people.

Brian C. Kern of Bethlehem, 24, was struck first by a pick up truck that had crossed the median. He was transported to an area hospital, where he was treated and released with non-life threatening injuries.

The truck then collided with a minivan driven by Audie Marquez Trinidad, 61, of Teaneck, N.J. He was wearing a seat belt and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Delaware State Police.

The driver of the Ford was identified as 44-year-old Alvin S. Hubbard Jr. of East New Market, Md. Hubbard was transported to an area hospital, where he was treated and released with non-life threatening injuries, police said. He was wearing a seat belt, and it is unknown at this time if driver impairment was a factor.

Also in the van were Trinidad's four daughters: Kaitlyn, 20; Danna, 17; and 13-year-old twins, Melissa and Allison, all of whom were not properly restrained and pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said.

The 53-year-old mother, Mary Rose Ballocanag, who was wearing a seat belt in the front passenger seat, was transported to a local area hospital in Delaware where she was admitted with serious injuries, authorities said. She was last reported to be in stable condition.

Hubbard's passenger, a 30-year-old man from Hurlock, Md., was wearing a seat belt and was also transported to a local area hospital where he was treated and released with non-life threatening injuries, police said.

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The crash remains under investigation by the Delaware State Police Collision Reconstruction Unit.

Hundreds gathered at a memorial service for the Trinidad family on Saturday night. Students at Teaneck High School were also making T-shirts to remember their classmates who were killed in the crash.

Flowers and other notes were left at the Trinidad house for each family member who died.

If you or someone you know is a witness of this crash, contact the Delaware State Police Victim Services Unit/Delaware Victim Center at 1800 VICTIM-1 or email the unit director at debra.reed@state.de.us.

Crash scene: YouTube photo/video