Coxno-Wrong-way crash on Georgia highway kills 3, injures 3 others

2025-05-08 06:05:39source:Marcus Eriksoncategory:Markets

CLAXTON,Coxno Ga. (AP) — A wrong-way crash on a coastal Georgia highway killed three people and injured three others.

State troopers said that a Nissan Rogue was traveling southbound in a northbound lane of U.S. 301 north of Claxton on Saturday afternoon when it hit a Ford van head-on, local news outlets reported. The highway has four lanes but isn’t divided by a median or barrier in the area where the crash happened.

Three of the four people in the Nissan SUV died from the crash before they could be taken to hospitals, while the fourth was taken by ambulance to a hospital in Statesboro, Georgia. The driver and passenger of the van were taken by helicopters to a hospital in Savannah, Georgia with serious injuries.

Evans County Fire and Rescue officials said the people in the Nissan were trapped and had to be pried out using rescue tools.

None of the victims have been identified. Trooper Sgt. First Class David Laff told the Statesboro Herald that authorities were working to identify those in the wreck and their relatives.

More:Markets

Recommend

Backstage at New York's Jingle Ball with Jimmy Fallon, 'Queer Eye' and Meghan Trainor

NEW YORK — Holiday sights and sounds fill Manhattan this time of year, from ice skating at Rockefell

Defending champion Novak Djokovic is shocked at the US Open one night after Carlos Alcaraz’s loss

NEW YORK (AP) — Novak Djokovic did not go easy on himself when assessing the listless way he perform

Georgia prosecutor accused of stealing public money pleads guilty in deal that includes resignation

GAINESVILLE, Ga. (AP) — An elected prosecutor in northeast Georgia who is accused of using public mo