UPDATE 10-30-19: Lieutenant Kim Montes with the Florida Highway Patrol released the names of the deceased drivers.
They are 54-year-old Eric Johnson and 27-year-old Jaramis Johnson, father and son.
They also report that Blankenship remains in the hospital with serious injuries. The 17-year-old driver of the Dodge pick up was not hurt in the crash.
Earlier reporting below.
New Smyrna Beach, FL - Two riders are dead and the Florida Highway Patrol says charges are pending against one of the drivers involved in the accident.
The report from Lieutenant Kim Montes, Public Affairs Officers with FHP, says that 20-year-old Kaily Blankenship was driving her 1998 Honda northbound on State Road 415 around 10:30 last night (October 29th).
On the other side of the road, two currently unnamed riders, operating Kawasaki motorcycles, were traveling south.
According to witness accounts, Blankenship went to pass a 2002 Dodge pickup truck in a passing zone. But, after passing the truck, FHP reports that Blankenship hit both riders head-on, before hitting the Dodge truck in the other lane.
Both riders were killed as a result of the accident. FHP's report says that the crash remains under investigation and charges are pending against Blankenship.
The identities of the riders have not been released as FHP is still waiting on next-of-kin notification.
This is FHP's second fatal accident in Volusia County this week. Troopers are still investigating another fatal head-on collision that occurred on Monday (October 28th) in De Leon Springs.
