A Gaithersburg man, his pregnant wife and their two children were killed Sunday in a massive chain-reaction accident in rural Nebraska, authorities said Wednesday.

The Associated Press reported that a semi-truck on Interstate 80 plowed into the back of a 2010 Ford Mustang driven by 30-year-old Christopher Schmidt, pushing his vehicle into his wife’s.

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