BOWLING GREEN — Three Bowling Green State University sorority sisters were killed and two critically injured early Friday when a Perrysburg Township woman driving the wrong way on I-75 north of Bowling Green struck their car head-on.Winifred D. Lein, 69, who was driving the wrong way on the interstate, also died in the crash after her car became engulfed in flames.The driver of the students’ car, Christina Goyett, 19, of Bay City, Mich. was pronounced dead at the scene as was Sarah Hammond, 21, of Yellow Springs, Ohio, who was seated in the left rear seat. Rebekah Blakkolb, 20, of Aurora, Ohio, who was seated in the rear middle seat, died at University of Toledo Medical Center.Two other passengers in Miss Goyett’s car — Kayla A. Somoles, 19, of Parma, Ohio, and Angelica J. Mormile, 19, of Garfield Heights, Ohio — both were in critical condition at Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center.“We are reminded in these times that life is very, very precious,” Rodney Rogers, senior vice president for academic affairs and provost at Bowling Green State University, said at an afternoon news conference. “Tragedies like today you hope never happen.” www.toledoblade.com/image/2012/03/02/800x_b1_cCM_z/wrong-way wreckage of the car in which five BGSU students were traveling on I-75 when struck by a wrong-way driver sits in a tow lot in Haskins, Ohio.THE BLADE/DAVE ZAPOTOSKYhttp://www.toledoblade.com/image/2012/03/02/800x_b1_cCM_z/wrong-way-I75-BGSU-students-car.jpg www.printroom.com/GHome_main.asp?domain_name=ToledoBladeA scheduled Mass Friday afternoon at St. Thomas More Catholic Church was held in honor of those who were killed.The BGSU students — all members of the Alpha Xi Delta sorority — were driving to the Detroit Metro Airport to board a plane for the start of the university’s annual spring break, according to authorities. They were headed to the Dominican Republican.“We’re shocked and deeply saddened by this tragic news,” said BGSU President Mary Ellen Mazey. “Our hearts go out to the families, friends and sorority sisters of these young women.”The students were northbound on I-75 just south of State Rt. 582 about 2:15 a.m. when their car was struck by Ms. Lein’s car, which was traveling south in the northbound lanes, according to the Ohio Highway Patrol, which is investigating the crash.The collision occurred at a spot where the northbound lanes are sloping downward from a bridge over a railroad track before passing under Devils Hole Road. There also is a broad curve in the area. www.toledoblade.com/image/2012/03/02/800x_b1_cCM_z/wrong-way car driven by Winifred Lein, who drove the wrong way on I-75 north of Bowling Green early Friday morning, killing herself and three Bowling Green State University students, sits at a tow lot in Perrysburg. THE BLADE/DAVE ZAPOTOSKYhttp://www.toledoblade.com/image/2012/03/02/800x_b1_cCM_z/wrong-way-I75-crash-Lein-car.jpg www.printroom.com/GHome_main.asp?domain_name=ToledoBladeLt . Dean Laubacher said Miss Goyett’s vehicle was the second of two that was headed north from BGSU at the time. Another car, driven by Allyson Wert, 21, of Mount Gilead, Ohio, passed the on-coming car before the crash occurred, and stopped on the roadside after the collision.“I’m sure she saw it [the crash], but I’m not sure how she saw it,” the lieutenant said.There were five people in Ms. Wert’s car, he said. They returned to the crash site after the accident, but the lieutenant said those women in the second car were quickly taken by troopers from the scene and returned to the sorority house.Lieutenant Laubacher said at the afternoon news conference that they are still investigating why Ms. Lein was driving the wrong way. They are unsure where she was going at the time or the speed of her vehicle.According to tapes obtained from the Wood County Sheriff’s Office, at least four motorists called 911 just after 2:10 a.m. to report a car going south in the northbound lanes on I-75.A male truck driver who made the first call said it was a gray Ford Taurus near mile marker 193, which is just south of U.S. 20 in Perrysburg.“He’s going southbound on the northbound,” he said. “He almost ran into me and about five, six other cars.”While the dispatcher notified troopers to respond, three other calls came in. One man said the wrong-way driver was near mile marker 189 “going real slow, but he’s there on the berm heading south on the northbound side.”The fourth caller told the dispatcher “a cop” — who he first identified as “a bear” — was “sitting in the middle” of the interstate near milepost 185 where he also had spotted the wrong-way driver.After the four calls, the Ohio Highway Patrol called the sheriff’s department to request fire, EMS, and Life Flight. A trooper could be heard in the background saying, “We need to get the road closed down.” www.toledoblade.com/image/2012/03/02/800x_b1_cCM_z/BG-wrong- Green State University students gather outside the Alpha Xi Delta sorority house Friday after three members of the sorority were killed in a crash on I-75 north of Bowling Green. THE BLADE/DAVE ZAPOTOSKYhttp://www.toledoblade.com/image/2012/03/02/800x_b1_cCM_z/BG-wrong-way-fatal-Alpha-Xi-Delta-sorority-house.jpg www.printroom.com/GHome_main.asp?domain_name=ToledoBladeAlso a witness to the crash was Trooper Phil Mohre, who had been dispatched to look for the wrong-way vehicle, Lieutenant Laubacher said. That trooper, sent out in response to the 911 calls, immediately contacted dispatchers to request fire and rescue response to the scene, according to the www.toledoblade.com/attachment/2012/03/02/March-2-2012-Ohio- . The highway patrol’s dispatcher contacted the sheriff’s department to summon help and then notified command officers about the crash.Lieutenant Laubacher said that the trooper saw Ms. Lein’s vehicle pass him to the left so he attempted to follow behind her the wrong-way with his lights and sirens activated.After the crash, her vehicle’s engine caught on fire. Trooper Mohre used on extinguisher to douse the flames but the fire reignited. Several truck drivers also stopped and attempted to put out the blaze.The driver of the southbound vehicle and the driver and front-seat passenger of the northbound vehicle were wearing seat belts, while the backseat passengers in the northbound vehicle were not wearing seat belts, according to the patrol’s Lieutenant Laubacher. The crash was so severe that even some of those wearing the safety device were killed, he said.According to BGSU, Miss Blakkolb was a junior in the College of Education and Human Development, Miss Goyett was a sophomore in the College of Edcuation and Human Development, and Miss Hammond was a junior in the College of Education and Human Development.Miss Mormile is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Miss Somoles is a sophomore in the College of Education and Human Development.Garrett Gilmer, director of university counseling, said the university sent counselors to the sorority house beginning at 4:30 a.m. They continued throughout the day to increase the number of counselors.Many of the 66 women in the sorority have declined to talk publicly about the crash, university officials said.