'American Idol' contestant killed in crash after audition in Pennsylvania
LOWER MAKEFIELD TWP., N.J. -- Pennsylvania State Police say the victims of a deadly crash along northbound Interstate 95 in Bucks County attended an 'American Idol' audition just before accident.
Natasha Bellott of Bloomfield, N.J. was killed in the crash, which happened before 7 p.m. Sunday just south of the Yardley-Newtown Road exit in Lower Makefield Township.
Police say Bellott, who had just turned 20, was traveling home from attending "American Idol" auditions held at Temple University's Liacouras Center in Philadelphia.
Witnesses told police the 2003 silver Jeep Liberty SUV carrying the group was "flying" at high speeds when it flipped and rolled over.
19-year-old Leslie McCoy of Monclair, N.J. remains hospitalized at St. Mary Medical Center with a head injury and fractured ribs.
24-year-old Carl Delpolito of Bloomfield, N.J. and 18-year-old Jacob Gorski of East Orange, N.J. were being treated for non-life-threatening injuries at Capital Health Hospital in Trenton.
The 17-year-old female driver, from Belleville, N.J., and a 16-year-old female passenger, from Bloomfield, N.J., were also being treated at Capital Health for non-life-threatening injuries. Their names were not released.
Pennsylvania State Police police say the crash happened after the Jeep's driver passed another vehicle in the right shoulder of I-95 North at high speed.
The SUV then crossed both northbound lanes into the grassy median and rolled several times, ejecting three of the people inside.
The crash remains under investigation.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
