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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas City funeral home is helping cover the costs of a funeral for five victims involved in a fatal accident on I-435 over the weekend. Duane Harvey Funeral Home is giving a discount to the families of the victims and asking area churches and cemeteries to cut costs also.

Dominque Johnson, 17, Shante Hopkins, 24, and her three children, JaRiah Hutchison, two, JaNijah Hutchison, one, and seven-month old Taeshawn Hutchison were all killed in the accident. Police said the vehicle was stopped in the outer most southbound lane of the interstate, and a semi-truck was traveling southbound and hit the vehicle from behind.

Duane Harvey, the founder of the funeral home, said he is going to try to do everything he can to ease the financial burden on the families.

“We have some local churches that I can nearly call and ask for favors and they’re willing to help me in whatever way we can,” he told FOX 4 on Monday. “When we do those blessings to people in our community, we always get blessed in return.”

Renee Broadus, Johnson’s older sister, said she is grateful Harvey is stepping in to help.

“He’s a blessing and I am so happy that he is trying to help us, help all five parties,” she said. “We are so grateful he’s doing it, it’s all in the grace of God, God sent a message through a great person and that’s who he is.”

Harvey said it wants to see the community step up this holiday season and help these heartbroken families who are overwhelmed with loss.

“We just need to get them in and see what they need and then we’re going to do whatever we can to make it, to come together for them,” he said.

It’s still unknown why the vehicle was stopped on the interstate, police say Hopkins may have had engine issues or run out of gas. Sergeant Bill Mahoney with the Kansas City Police Department said Shante Hopkins was driving on a revoked license. According to state records Hopkins was stopped and given a ticket for driving without a license five times in the past four years. Records show she was also given tickets for failure to show insurance three times in the past few years.

As of Monday evening, the semi-truck driver’s statement to police was still not available to the media. Sgt. Mahoney said it is still being transcribed and may be available Tuesday. It is still not known if the semi-truck driver will face any charges.