(Porter County, IN) - Both drivers of motorcycles were killed in a motor vehicle crash near Westville.

It happened early Friday afternoon on U.S. 6 in the area of White Thorne Lane in Porter County in Jackson Township.

Porter County Police said there was rear end collision between two passenger vehicles and the lead car after impact wound up in the opposite lane where it collided with both motorcycles.

The victims, Richard Dowding, 73, and William McCoy, 62, both of Portage were pronounced dead at the scene.