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Husband, Wife Married Nearly 50 Years Killed In Head-On Motorcycle Crash ID'd: Coroner

A husband and wife were killed in a crash in central Pennsylvania on Saturday, September 3, authorities say. 

Grant and Dee Beauchamp.

Grant and Dee Beauchamp.

Photo Credit: Facebook/Dee Beauchamp

Grant Beauchamp, 69, and Delores "Dee" Beauchamp, 68, of Narvon, were pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Lancaster County coroner's office. 

Mona Coldiron, 74, of Oxford, crossed over the double-yellow line and crashed her 2019 Chrysler Pacifica head-on into the couples' 2014 Yamaha motorcycle head-on at the intersection of Precast and Reading roads in East Earl Township around 12:30 p.m., according to township police.

Her van's front bumper hit "the front of the motorcycle. The impact caused the Beauchamps to be ejected onto an adjacent lawn," police say.

She was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, according to the police.

Why she crossed into on-coming traffic is unknown.

The Beauchamp's causes of death were Multiple Traumatic Injuries and the manners of their deaths were Accidental, according to the coroner's office. 

Dee and Grant Beauchamp had been married 46 years and are survived by their two children, Danny and Becky and grandchildren, according to social media posts.

"The weeks and months ahead are going to be excruciating. Please pray for us. I know they are together, with God and family, and are happy but we need as much help as we can get down here, without them. I'd say "RIP" but I know they are. I'll love and miss you every day, Mom and Dad. Please don't be shy. Text, call, FB message...reach out any way to tell me stories about them or say how you feel. The quiet is the worst," the Beauchamp's daughter Becky said, according to a post by a family friend.

Funeral and memorial service details have yet to be released, but their community has been sharing about its sudden loss on social media, including details for a meal train for their adult children.

If you would like to donate to either or both of the meal trains you can do so here and here

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