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As of 6:00 AM this morning it was five (speculativly one driver in each of five vehicles according to Maryland State Police spokesman). At this point, they are having trouble identifying the vehicles since everything (tags, motor vehicle id, etc) melted. They don't even know which companies the trucks were from or what they were hauling. They will probably have to trace engine block serial numbers back to the manufacturer then work back from there. As for the victims, their origins and destinations could be anywhere on the eastern seaboard and I don't think this recieved much national coverage so it could be several days before these people are missed. Even at this, I doubt there was much left for DNA analysis considering the high temperatures of the explosion and fire.

They still are not close to determining the cause. I live about two miles from the scene and I suspect that the tanker truck came across the entrance (which is slightly curved) too fast and hit the guard rail. Since there was no holes in the overpass, he must have gone over the top exactly into the northbound traffic of I-95 below. Apparantly (as bad luck would have it) he landed on top of a loaded propane tanker causing the explosion.

I agree with you that it could have been a LOT, LOT, worse.