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Homeowner Tim Staples describes the scene of a single vehicle accident on the 27000 block of Wilmot Road near Antioch that left two teenagers dead. Joel Wittkamp, 16, of Antioch and Ashley Seay, 17, of Lindenhurst were in a 2007 Chevrolet TrailBlazer when it left the road at 7 p.m. Monday and struck a tree.

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A single-vehicle crash Monday night on the 27000 block of Wilmot Road near Antioch killed Joel Wittkamp, 16, of Antioch, and Ashley Seay, 17, of Lindenhurst, authorities said.

Gilbert R. Boucher II | Staff Photographer

This fence was destroyed in the Monday night car accident that claimed the lives of two teenagers.

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Desiree and Jonathon Anderson of Antioch leave the scene of a fatal crash in Antioch Township that killed 16-year-old Joel Wittkamp of Antioch and 17-year-old Ashley Seay of Lindenhurst. Authorities are investigating, but think weather was a factor in the Monday night crash.

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Flowers are placed at the scene of a fatal Monday night crash in Antioch Township that killed 16-year-old Joel Wittkamp of Antioch and 17-year-old Ashley Seay of Lindenhurst.

Steve Lundy | Staff Photographer

Lakes Community High School student Joe Sisk, 17, visits the Antioch Township site where his friend, Joel Wittkamp, 16, of Antioch and 17-year-old Ashley Seay of Lindenhurst died in a one-vehicle accident.

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Tim Staples was watching television with his family in the living room of their Antioch Township house when he noticed headlights in his front yard Monday night. "Your instincts just know something's wrong," Staples said. A 2007 black Chevrolet TrailBlazer had veered off Wilmot Road and struck a tree on his property, killing a Lakes High School and an Antioch High School teen.

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    • Homeowner Tim Staples describes the scene of a single vehicle accident on the 27000 block of Wilmot Road near Antioch that left two teenagers dead. Joel Wittkamp, 16, of Antioch and Ashley Seay, 17, of Lindenhurst were in a 2007 Chevrolet TrailBlazer when it left the road at 7 p.m. Monday and struck a tree.
    • A single-vehicle crash Monday night on the 27000 block of Wilmot Road near Antioch killed Joel Wittkamp, 16, of Antioch, and Ashley Seay, 17, of Lindenhurst, authorities said.
    • This fence was destroyed in the Monday night car accident that claimed the lives of two teenagers.
    • Ashley Seay
    • Joel Wittkamp
    • Desiree and Jonathon Anderson of Antioch leave the scene of a fatal crash in Antioch Township that killed 16-year-old Joel Wittkamp of Antioch and 17-year-old Ashley Seay of Lindenhurst. Authorities are investigating, but think weather was a factor in the Monday night crash.
    • Flowers are placed at the scene of a fatal Monday night crash in Antioch Township that killed 16-year-old Joel Wittkamp of Antioch and 17-year-old Ashley Seay of Lindenhurst.
    • Lakes Community High School student Joe Sisk, 17, visits the Antioch Township site where his friend, Joel Wittkamp, 16, of Antioch and 17-year-old Ashley Seay of Lindenhurst died in a one-vehicle accident.
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