Five children ejected from an SUV in a crash early Saturday in Bowie were killed, Maryland State Police said.The children ranged in age from 5 to 15 and were riding in the back seat of an SUV that crashed on northbound Route 301 near Pointer Ridge Drive.The children were pronounced dead at the scene. State police identified the children as London Dixon, 8, and Paris Dixon, 5, both of Bowie, and Zion Beard, 14, Rickelle Ricks, 6, and Damari Herald, 15, all of Washington.State police said the driver, Dominique R. Taylor, 32, of Bowie, who is the mother of two of the children, lost control of the SUV shortly before 5 a.m. and hit several trees. Taylor was taken to a hospital, and a passenger, Cornell D. Simon, 23, of Oxon Hill, was in critical condition, police said.State police said investigators believe preliminary evidence indicates Taylor and Simon were wearing seat belts. Based on preliminary evidence, investigators do not believe the five children were properly restrained in the vehicle at the time of the crash.The cause of the crash remains under investigation."Right now, after we took all the measurements at the scene and the photos, we're going to start to put the puzzle together do mathematical equations to determine the speed, look at the photos, look at all possible physical evidence at the scene and start to determine the cause of the collision," Maryland State Police Capt. Dan Pickett said.

Five children ejected from an SUV in a crash early Saturday in Bowie were killed, Maryland State Police said.

The children ranged in age from 5 to 15 and were riding in the back seat of an SUV that crashed on northbound Route 301 near Pointer Ridge Drive.

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The children were pronounced dead at the scene. State police identified the children as London Dixon, 8, and Paris Dixon, 5, both of Bowie, and Zion Beard, 14, Rickelle Ricks, 6, and Damari Herald, 15, all of Washington.

State police said the driver, Dominique R. Taylor, 32, of Bowie, who is the mother of two of the children, lost control of the SUV shortly before 5 a.m. and hit several trees. Taylor was taken to a hospital, and a passenger, Cornell D. Simon, 23, of Oxon Hill, was in critical condition, police said.



State police said investigators believe preliminary evidence indicates Taylor and Simon were wearing seat belts. Based on preliminary evidence, investigators do not believe the five children were properly restrained in the vehicle at the time of the crash.



The cause of the crash remains under investigation.



"Right now, after we took all the measurements at the scene and the photos, we're going to start to put the puzzle together do mathematical equations to determine the speed, look at the photos, look at all possible physical evidence at the scene and start to determine the cause of the collision," Maryland State Police Capt. Dan Pickett said.