The family behind the TLC reality show “Meet the Putmans” confirmed that three family members died in a crash in Michigan this weekend , with five others remaining hospitalized.

In a statement shared on social media Saturday , the family identified the victims as patriarch Bill “Papa” Putman, his wife “Neenee,” and Aunt Megan. The crash occurred just after 9 p.m. Friday when a semi-truck failed to stop at a sign and collided with the family’s vehicle, police said.

According to the Tuscola County Sheriff’s Office, the accident happened at the intersection of Deckerville Road and Hurds Corner Road near Cass City. A 55-year-old Florida man driving a loaded commercial semi-truck reportedly ran a stop sign, striking a Jeep carrying eight members of the Putmans’ Cass City family.

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