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Teens Killed In Head-On Collision With Semi-Truck

Posted: 11:34 am EDT September 3, 2007Updated: 5:28 pm EDT September 3, 2007

WALTON COUNTY, Ga. -- Two young men were killed Sunday in a head-on crash in Walton County.

Officials said 18-year-old Corey Ridgeway and 19-year-old Scott Eldridge were killed when their pickup truck crossed the center line of Highway 11.

They hit a semi-truck head-on.

The driver of the semi-truck was airlifted to Atlanta Medical Center. Her condition has not been released.

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