Police ID 3 children killed in Hall County crash

Three people killed in a two-car crash Saturday morning were identified as children from Gainesville, police said.

Luis Fernando Carmona, 16; and siblings Huerta Denise Ramos, 9, and Angel Jesus Huerta, 4, were killed shortly before 9 a.m. on Highway 332 at the intersection with Talmo Road, according to a police report.

Four other people also were injured in the crash.

Funerals will be Wednesday at 1 p.m. at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Gainesville.

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