SHELBY COUNTY, TN : A fiery crash on East Shelby on Saturday, January, 6th 2018

A Mid-South family says three of their loved ones were killed in a fiery crash on East Shelby Drive near Hacks Cross Road Friday night.

Brittany Motlow said Sunday that her brother Alfred Motlow, 19, his girlfriend Aniya Brown, 20, and their friend Katie Coleman, 18, were all killed.

Another passenger, Maricus Murdock, 19, is in critical condition at Regional One, according to a hospital spokesperson.

The Motlows say the other victims may not have been blood-related, but they were like family.

"These kids have been with me since they were little – eating dinner, eating breakfast, spending the night. I was a mother to them," said Alfred Motlow's mother, Jean Motlow. "And so, not only did I lose my son, but I’m praying that Maricus pulls through.”

Shelby County Sheriff's Office Spokesperson Earle Farrell initially told WREG a woman and two children were killed in the crash.

“There were three people in the initial car – a woman and two adolescents," he said on the scene Friday. "Everybody in the initial car was severely burned. It's one of the worst I've ever seen."

Farrell said one car hit another head-on, sending both bursting into flames, and then a third car crashed into both of those cars.

At the time, Farrell also said four other people were in critical condition at the hospital, which he reiterated Sunday, but didn't release the names of those victims.

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Family identifies victims killed in Southeast Shelby County crash