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2-car crash on I-65 kills Frankfort couple, 2 Schererville teens\nRENSSELAER, Ind. -- Two Schererville teens and a Frankfort couple died Sunday when their cars collided on Interstate 65 after the teenagers' car crossed the median into oncoming traffic.\nState Police said Heather Lager, 17, and Emily Zeplakay, 19, were northbound on I-65 about four miles northwest of Rensselaer when Lagar lost control of her Mazda sedan and veered into the median.\nLager's vehicle slid across the southbound lanes and collided head-on with a Toyota Camry sedan driven by Dr. Marcario Chan, 63, and his wife, Ellen Chan, 68.\nIndiana State Trooper Kevin Murphy said all four victims died from massive internal injuries in the 4:10 p.m. Sunday crash.\nThe Chans were pronounced dead at the scene, while Lager and Zeplakay were pronounced dead at a Rensselaer hospital.\nPolice, who said the roadway was dry and well-traveled at the time of the accident, are investigating whether speed played a role in the crash.\nWarren man charged with killing son\nHUNTINGTON, Ind. -- A Warren man has been charged with murdering his 2-year-old stepson.\nShane Allen Harrold, 23, was arrested Saturday in connection with the death of Justin Michael McKinzie.\nPolice released no details of the child's death. Justin died about 2:30 p.m. Friday at Huntington Memorial Hospital.\nAn autopsy was performed Saturday afternoon in Fort Wayne, but results were not expected to be released for "a couple of days," an Indiana State Police spokesman said.\n"There were some situations involving the child and some statements by mom and stepdad that weren't consistent," said Huntington County Sheriff Rod Jackson.\nHarrold is being held in the Huntington County Jail without bond.\nAllen County police seek to distribute free trigger locks\nFORT WAYNE -- Three Allen County law enforcement agencies aren't giving away free trigger locks as fast as they expected.\nIn an effort to reduce the threat of accidental shootings, the Allen County Sheriff's Department and the Fort Wayne and New Haven police departments received 2,000 cable-style gunlocks through Fort Wayne's SafeCities initiative.\nThe locks are provided to anyone applying for a gun permit at any of the three agencies or to anyone who requests one. The locks are limited to one per household.\nNew Haven went through its first few cases quickly and asked the Fort Wayne Police Department for some of its share to keep up with the demand, New Haven Police Chief Mike Sweet said.\nBut since the first few weeks, requests for the locks in New Haven have tapered off, he said.\nThe sheriff's department still has a number of locks left, said Cpl. Guy Griffith, a spokesman for the department.\nThe Fort Wayne Police Department still has several cases of the trigger locks available. It was unclear how many locks are left among the three agencies.\nIndian Americans pray for relatives \nafter earthquake\nINDIANAPOLIS -- Hundreds of Indian Americans prayed Saturday night for the victims of last week's earthquake in India and wondered if their loved ones were among the dead.\nMore than 6,000 bodies have been recovered in the wake of Friday's quake, and the death toll was expected to climb by several thousand more. Tens of thousands of Indians are homeless.\nAbout 500 people who gathered at the India Community Center in Indianapolis to celebrate India's 51st Republic Day shared their concern for relatives and friends in Ahmedabad, one of the cities hardest-hit by the 7.9-magnitude temblor.\n"Many families here have been trying to call, but they said the only way to get in contact with anyone there is by cell phone," Kirti Jani said.\nJani, 48, said his family members there "were all OK."\nParvez Daruwala said he had spoken to his mother and sister, whom he first thought might have been among those claimed by the quake.\n"They called us on Friday, about 15 hours after it hit," he said. "We were very thankful"