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Fiery crash kills two, injures one in Coweta County
The accident happened just after 7 p.m., just north of Newnan on Ga. Highway 16 at Hamilton Drive, Channel 2 Action News reported. (Credit: Jeffrey Leo/ The Newnan Times-Herald)
Two people were killed and a third person was seriously injured in a three-car crash in Coweta County Thursday evening.
The accident happened just after 7 p.m., just north of Newnan on Georgia Highway 16 at Hamilton Drive, Channel 2 Action News reported.
Firefighters say that crews rescued two people from two cars engulfed in flames. Two other people were pronounced dead at the scene and a third person was transported by air ambulance to the burn unit at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Channel 2 reported.
All the victims were adults. Authorities did not release their identities.
The highway was shut down for more than two hours while the crash was investigated.
