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4 female University of Georgia students killed in car crash
Another critically injured
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Kendra Hansey, right, cries as she embraces a student during a memorial for University of Georgia students that were killed Wednesday in a car crash, Thursday, April 28, 2016 in Athens, Ga. Five students were involved in a car crash. Oconee County Sheriff Scott Berry said the crash occurred just outside Watkinsville when two mid-sized sedans, one driving northbound and the other southbound, collided late Wednesday on Georgia State Route 15. - photo by Associated Press
ATLANTA — University of Georgia students and employees are devastated at the loss of four female students killed in a horrific, high-speed car crash that left another student critically injured, the school's president said at a somber Thursday briefing. The wreck happened when two cars, one northbound and the other southbound, collided around 9 p.m. Wednesday on Georgia State Route 15 south of the Athens campus, Oconee County Sheriff Scott Berry said. All five students were in a Toyota Camry heading north when it veered into the southbound lane, the Georgia State Patrol said in a preliminary report.
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