I-70 fatal crash: What we know about the Beavercreek family

Debris after a deadly wreck is seen on westbound Interstate 70 near Terre Haute, Ind., Tuesday, July 18, 2017. (Austen Leake/The Tribune-Star via AP)

Debris after a deadly wreck is seen on westbound Interstate 70 near Terre Haute, Ind., Tuesday, July 18, 2017. (Austen Leake/The Tribune-Star via AP)

A fatal crash on Interstate 70 in Indiana killed two children and hospitalized two others in a family with ties to Beavercreek.

Finley Bereda, 1, and Brennen Bereda, 5, were killed Tuesday when a semitrailer hit the van their mother was driving on I-70 near the Illinois-Indiana state line.

MORE: Prosecutors reviewing Indiana crash that left two Beavercreek siblings dead

Christina Bereda, 33, was taken to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. She has since been released. Another son, Jordan, 3, remains a patient at Riley Children’s Hospital in Indianapolis.

Here’s what we know about the Bereda family:

» Christina Bereda is a family medicine physician. She met her husband, David, at medical school. David was profiled by the Dayton Daily News in 2014 during the Dayton Flyers' NCAA tournament run. At the time, the University of Dayton grad had been deployed for five months as an Air Force physician and said he would watch March Madness with a group of airmen in Kyrghzstan.

» The Bereda family moved to the St. Louis, Missouri area more than a year ago, friends said.

SEE: More local news headlines

» David attended Carroll High School and graduated in 2000. The current principal, Matt Sableski, coached him as a runner. Sableski said, "You know, it comes down to faith. We're a community of faith, so it gets us through these tough times, we support their families in any way we can."

» The Beredas were parishioners at Ascension Catholic Church in Kettering, where their youngest was baptized in May 2016. Father Ed Pratt said, "We do the best to recognize their grief, comfort them the best we can and just promote faith." The grandfather of the children, Kevin Bereda, was a long-time Secret Service agent in the Dayton area.

About the Author