UPDATE: Victims identified in deadly La Porte County crash

Police have identified the victims in a deadly head-on crash on U.S. 20 in La Porte County.

Don Kaczmarek, 47, and his wife, Angie Kaczmarek, 49, both of Michigan City, died in Friday night's head-on crash near U.S. 20 and Bootjack Road, according to the La Porte County Sheriff's Office.

Police said the Kaczmarek's minivan was hit by a Ford Mustang that was traveling left of center.

The driver of the Mustang has been identified as Tron Gorbonosenko, 40, of New Carlisle. He was taken to the hospital in serious condition.

Police said they're waiting on the results of toxicology tests to see if alcohol use was a factor in the crash, but late Friday night police said they suspected alcohol was involved.

Alcohol use is now suspected in a crash that killed two people and sent one to the hospital after a two-vehicle crash on U.S. 20 in La Porte County

The crash happened before 7:40 p.m. local time Friday night near U.S. 20 and Bootjack Road. A portion of the highway was closed between C.R. 600 and 700 for hours, but reopened at around 10:30 p.m. local time according to police.

According to police, two people in a Honda Odyssey Minivan were traveling west and a Ford Mustang was traveling east on U.S. 20. They said the Mustang crossed the center line and hit the minivan head on, killing the driver and passenger instantly. The driver of the Mustang was extracted from car airlifted to the hospital.

Police suspect alcohol in the crash, but are also looking into things like weather conditions or speed to determine what played a role in the crash.

"This is the first time we have had rain in a while which means the roadways are going to be very slick," said Capt. Mike Kellems of the La Porte County Sheriff's Office. "Oil builds up on the roads the water and oil mix and make for slick road conditions any time it's dark out we want to slow down and start paying attention to our driving and again those are all the factors our investigators will look at as we start to piece the crash back together."

At least 11 people have been killed in crashes on U.S. 20 since the beginning of the year, however, most of those crashes occurred west of Rolling Prairie. Friday night's crash happened about 3 miles east of the town.

The victims' names have not been released at this time.