Two people were killed and three were injured in a head-on crash shortly before 9 p.m. Sunday near Slidell, according to the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office.

A Ford Focus and a Mercedes sedan collided head-on after the Ford crossed the centerline on Allen Road between U.S. 190 and Voters Road, the Sheriff's Office said in a news release Tuesday.

One passenger of the Ford was pronounced dead on the scene, while the driver and second passenger were transported to an emergency hospital.

The Mercedes driver and passenger were also transported to an area hospital and the driver later died at the hospital, the Sheriff's Office said.

Members of the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Traffic Division are investigating the crash. No other information was immediately available.

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