CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — Police said four people were killed in a head-on collision on Highway 138 near Jonesboro early Sunday morning.
Police said they responded to reports of a person passed out in a car at the intersection of Highway 138 and West Fayetteville Road before 1:30 a.m.
When police knocked on the window of a F-150, the male driver woke up in a confused state and sped off down the highway.
The driver of the F-150 was dead at the scene.
Soon after, Clayton County police got a report about a head-on crash about a mile down Highway 138 involving the same vehicle.
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A pregnant woman, a child, an adult man and a dog were all traveling in the other vehicle.
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They were all taken to the hospital, where the woman, her unborn baby and the other child died.
The man is in critical condition. The victims’ identities have not been released.
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