Newlywed couples and young parents among 20 wedding guests killed in limo crash

Two love bird couples and two youthful guardians were among the 20 individuals killed in a terrible limousine crash in upstate New York on Saturday.

Family have recognized Erin McGowan, 34, and her significant other Shane McGowan, 30, (presented above) as two of the people in question. They just barely got hitched in June.

Adam and Abby Jackson, parents to four-year-old Archer and 16-month-old Abby, were also killed, as were

 Axel Steenburg, 29, his wife Amy, who just got married this September,  were killed. His 34-year-old brother Rich Steenburg also died in the accident

 Matthew Coons, a US Army veteran, and his girlfriend Savannah Devonne also died in the accident. 

 Eighteen of the victims were in the limo and two were bystanders. Everyone inside the limousine - including the driver - were killed. All 20 victims were adults.  

New York State Police said a 2001 Ford Excursion limousine failed to stop at the intersection of State Route 30 and State Route 30A around 1.55pm on Saturday. It traveled across the intersection and into the parking lot for the popular Apple Barrel County Store in Schoharie, where it hit a parked 2015 Toyota Highlander that was unoccupied. Two pedestrians standing nearby were struck and killed. 

 The National Transportation Safety Board said it was the deadliest transportation accident in the US since a 2009 plane crash in Buffalo killed 50 people.