A 23-year-old female and four children, all from Blakeslee, were pronounced dead at the scene of a four-vehicle crash around 2:45 p.m. Saturday in Chestnuthill Township.

Two of the juveniles were male and two female, according to state police at Fern Ridge. Ages and names were not released.According to police, the four juveniles “were not seat belted or in a booster seat.” Everyone else involved was wearing a seatbelt.All five victims, including driver Destini Watson, were in an SUV headed south on Route 115, near North Rocky Mountain Drive, at a “high rate of speed,” according to police.The SUV was reportedly trying to pass a car on the three-lane highway, when Watson lost control and the vehicle swerved into the northbound lane, striking a vehicle driven by Harold Roberts, 77, of Albrightsville.“The SUV flipped on its side as it hit a third vehicle, driven by Wade Hunter, 53, of Blakeslee,” according to investigators.A fourth vehicle, driven by Patrick Mikolaitis, 41, of Dallas, struck the rear of Hunter's car.A fifth passenger in the SUV, Monisha Roberts, 21, was ejected from the vehicle and flown to St. Luke's Hospital in Bethlehem along with Harold Roberts.Hunter was transported by ambulance to Pocono Medical Center.Mikolaitis walked away with minor injuries.