WILKINSON COUNTY, Ga. — UPDATE, 7:30 p.m.:
According to the Georgia State Patrol, on Tuesday night, just before midnight, a car was driving north on Laurel Branch Road when it met another car at the intersection of Georgia 540 as it was traveling east. The first driver tried to stop but skidded into the eastbound lanes, hitting the second driver.
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At least four people were killed in an accident Tuesday night in Wilkinson County.
According to Coroner Billy Matthews, the accident happened right after midnight Wednesday on Mt. Pleasant Church Road on the Fall Line Freeway.
He says two vehicles collided, a pickup truck and a small four-door car. Six people total were in the two vehicles, with three in each.
A total of four people died – three at the scene and a fourth at the hospital.
The deceased were identified as:
25-year-old Richard Talbot, from Milledgeville;
21-year-old Dalton Merritt, from Milledgeville;
31-year-old Jontavious Ingram, from Tennille;
77-year-old Katie Peacock, from Sandersville.
Matthews did not know about the condition of the other two people that were hospitalized.
The accident is under investigation by Georgia State Patrol. They have not yet returned our requests for more information.
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