Pittsburgh police say one driver was going outbound in the inbound lanes near the Heinz plant. The victims were identified as Clara Roberts, 24, of Indiana, Pa., and Sidney Cope, 24, of Coraopolis.

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WEBVTT THE BOYFRIEND OF THE VICTIM INTHE CAR THAT WAS TRAVELING INTHE CORRECT DIRECTION.>> REALLY TRAGIC THAT, YOU KNOW,SHE WAS TAKEN FROM US SO SOON.REPORTER: JAMES SMITH SAYS HISGIRLFRIEND CLARA ROBERTS WANTEDTO GET ON THE FIRST FLIGHT TOTEXAS THIS MORNING TO SPEND ALONG WEEKEND AT HOME.AS SHE WAS DRIVING INBOUND ONROUTE 28 AROUND 3:30 THISMORNING SHE COLLIDED HEAD ONWITH A CAR TRAVELING THE WRONGDIRECTION.SHE DIED LATE THIS MORNING ATALLEGANY GENERAL HOSPITAL.>> HER BEING SO YOUNG, SHE WAS AVERY OLD SOUL, AND JUST SMARTAND WISE BEYOND HER YEARS, ANDSHE WAS JUST A FANTASTIC PERSONTO BE AROUND.REPORTER: ROBERTS DEDICATED HERLIFE TO HELPING OTHERS, DEEPLYINVOLVED WITH COMMUNITYORGANIZATIONS AND JUST DECIDINGTO GO TO LAW SCHOOL IN NEW YORKCITY RECENTLY TO TRY ANDCONTINUE MAKING HER WORLD ABETTER PLACE.>> SHE WAS JUST ALWAYS FULL OFENERGY AND ALWAYS SO POSITIVEABOUT LIFE.>> SHE LIVED HER PRINCIPLES.REPORTER: THIS WAS A FRIEND ANDMENTOR AND STILL WANT QUITE WRAPHER HEAD AROUND WHAT HASHAPPENED.SHE WAS WATCHING NEWS OF THECRASH THIS MORNING.>> I THOUGHT, OH THOSE POORPEOPLE, YOU KNOW, AND NOW LITTLEDID I KNOW IT WAS, YOU KNOW,SOMEBODY THAT I KNEW WHO WASSUCH A BRIGHT LIGHT.THIS IS A TOUGH ONE.REPORTER: PITTSBURGH POLICE SAYTHE DRIVER OF THE OTHER VEHICLEWAS ALSO A 24-YEAR-OLD WOMAN,SIDNEY COPE OF CORAOPOLIS.ACCIDENT INVESTIGATORS ARE STILLTRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW AND WHYCOPE WAS GOING THE WRONGDIRECTION AS THOSE WHO KNEW BOTHWOMEN ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT

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Two young women died after their cars collided in an apparent wrong-way crash early Thursday morning on Route 28.The medical examiner identified the victims as Clara Roberts, 24, of Indiana, Pennsylvania, and Sidney Cope, 24, of Coraopolis.Investigators say Cope was apparently going outbound in the inbound lanes when her vehicle collided with Roberts' car near the Heinz Plant shortly after 3:30 a.m."For being so young, she was a very old soul, and just smart and wise beyond her years, and she's just a fantastic person to be around," said Roberts' boyfriend, James Smith.Roberts was on her way to the airport for a long Easter weekend with her family in Texas, Smith said.Friends say Roberts moved to Indiana nearly two years ago and was deeply involved in community organizations and local government. She had just decided to go to law school in New York."She was bright, she was brilliant, she was like 40 years younger than I was, and I thought, oh gosh, I hope I was like this when I was her age," said Faye Bradwick, a friend and mentor."It's just so tragic that she was taken from us so soon," Smith said.Police have still not figured out why Cope was traveling in the wrong direction.Inbound lanes of Route 28 were closed for nearly three hours after the fatal accident.