ROCKDALE COUNTY, Ga.,None — Dozens of people gathered Sunday for a memorial service for a brother and sister killed in an automobile accident on Thursday.
Karl Michael Anschutz, 18, and Laura Ann Anschutz, 13, both of Conyers, were killed on their way to school.
Police said Karl was reportedly driving his sister to Davis Middle School when he lost control of his vehicle and crossed into the path of an oncoming pickup truck.
Both Karl and Laura died at the scene, police said.
The driver of the pickup truck was transported to Atlanta Medical Center and later released.
According to the Rockdale Citizen newspaper, Karl was an AP Scholar senior at Heritage High School, and had been accepted at Georgia Tech with a planned major in mechanical engineering.
Laura was an honor student at Davis Middle School, where she played alto sax in the band and earned perfect attendance for the past seven years, according to the Rockdale Citizen newspaper.
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