UPDATE: Family confirmed with 17 News, Jalson and Arlene Laguta, their sons 4-year-old Caleb and 7-month-old Joseph were killed along with a family friend Saturday, after the car they were in veered of the side of Northbound Highway 99 for unknown reasons, striking a tree.

Family of the Laguta’s say they were Jehovah’s Witnesses returning home to Delano from church and were good,”God-fearing” people.

ORIGINAL STORY: Five people were killed Saturday afternoon when the SUV in which they were riding hit a tree on Highway 99 just south of Highway 155 in Delano.

The names of the victims were not immediately released, but the SUV was registered in Delano, according to the CHP.

The accident happened on the northbound side of the freeway at about 5:05 p.m.

At least two adults were killed. It is unknown at this time the age ranges of the other three occupants, according to CHP.

It was not immediately known if drugs or alcohol were factors in the accident, the CHP said. The cause still under investigation.

The northbound side of the freeway remained partially closed near Highway 155 as of 8:30 p.m. Saturday.

If you have any information you are asked to call CHP at 827-5400.