Four Palmerton area teenagers were killed and two other people injured in a fiery two-car crash on Dairy Road in Lower Towamensing Township on Dec. 19.

The crash happened at about 8:25 p.m. near the intersection of Golf Road as Michael Muniz, 17, drove his 2001 Chevrolet Cavalier west on Dairy road. the car crossed into the oncoming lane and hit a 1996 Buick Skylark.Muniz, along with his passengers, Courtney Murray, 13, her brother Nathaniel Murray, 16, and Austin Hunsicker, also 16, were killed when Muniz' car rolled, hit a tree, and split in half and burst into flames.The driver of the other car, Stacy Peddigree, 18, of Lehighton, and her passenger, Tim Shiner, 22, of Palmerton, were injured and taken to a hospital. Their car also overturned, but the two were able to climb out.Speed was a factor in the crash, said state police at Lehighton.As police pieced together how the crash happened, the teens' families and friends struggled to come to grips with the tragedy.The Sunday after the crash, Courtney and Nate's mother, Melissa Hollenbach, held a candlelight memorial in Palmerton Borough Park. The vigil drew about 350 people.It was to be the first of five memorial gatherings.