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Correction: Indianapolis Deadly Crash story

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - In a story Oct. 6 about a deadly traffic accident in Indianapolis, The Associated Press, relying on information from the Marion County coroner's office, reported erroneously that an adult and two children had died. The coroner's office says an adult and a 5-year-old child died, but that 12-year-old Sandile Ncube was alive and on a ventilator as of Wednesday morning.

A corrected version of the story is below:

School principal, 2 children die in Indianapolis crash

Authorities: Indianapolis school principal, 2 students die in crash at highway ramp

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - An Indianapolis school principal and a young child were killed Tuesday morning on their way to school when the SUV they were riding in was struck by a vehicle that ran a red light, authorities said.

The crash on the city's west side killed Norris Ncube, 50, the principal of the Indianapolis Junior Academy, and 5-year-old Malia Siziba, the Marion County Coroner's Office said.

The office initially said Ncube's son, 12-year-old Sandile Ncube, was also killed. But Chief Deputy Coroner Alfarena Ballew said later Tuesday in an email to multiple media outlets that Sandile was alive and on a ventilator.

Three other children were taken to a hospital, including one in critical condition, Wayne Township Fire Capt. Mike Pruitt said. A second adult hurt in the crash suffered serious injuries, he said. Two children were ejected, police said, but it wasn't clear which of the five children were.

The Indianapolis Junior Academy school is affiliated with the Indiana Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, and a church spokeswoman described Ncube as an education innovator who frequently transported students to school.

"He was able to increase enrollment and double it," spokeswoman Colleen Kelly told The Indianapolis Star.

Police say one of the drivers might have suffered a medical problem before going through a red light at the intersection.

Three of the students riding with Ncube were sixth-graders at the school, along with one first-grader and one eighth-grader, Kelly said. Two of the children were Ncube's.

"We are all in shock," Kelly said.

The crash occurred at the Interstate 465 interchange with Washington Street on the city's far west side

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