Update with IDs of victims: Two dead, one flown to Savannah hospital after head-on collision on Highway 301 southbound

A Statesboro woman is one of fatalities

Southbound traffic on Highway 301 near the Georgia State Patrol post is blocked following a head-on collision about 7:15 p.m. Tuesday that left two dead and one in critical condition. It was still blocked as of 9 p.m. as law enforcement and rescue units worked the scene. - photo by Jason Martin

301 Wreck — Southbound traffic on Highway 301 near the Georgia State Patrol post is blocked following a head-on collision about 7:15 p.m. Tuesday that left two dead and one in critical condition. It was still blocked as of 9 p.m. as law enforcement and rescue units worked the scene. - photo by Jason Martin

Two people were killed and another was flown to a Savannah hospital with critical injuries after a head-on collision Tuesday evening about 7:15 p.m. on Highway 301 southbound.

Georgia State Patrol Trooper Daniel Gay said a Chevrolet Malibu heading north on Highway 301 towards Statesboro crossed over into the southbound lane and struck a Mazda sedan head-on. Both vehicles ended up in a ditch in front of the Georgia State Patrol Post station on 301, just south of the Ogeechee Technical College campus.

Gay said the two people in the Malibu that hit the southbound vehicle died at the scene. According to the Georgia State Patrol, the driver was Kaniyah Denise Youmans, 19, of Statesboro and the passenger was Jarvis Antione Gibson, 22, who was from Monroe, Ga., east of Atlanta.

An AirEvac helicopter landed at the scene and was flying the driver of the Mazda to a Memorial Medical Center in Savannah. His condition has not been updated.

The trooper did not know what caused the northbound vehicle to veer into the southbound lanes.

Traffic remained blocked on Highway 301 heading southbound towards Claxton until about 10:15 p.m.

The Statesboro Herald will update this story when more information is available.

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