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Mother, infant son die in head-on crash in North Georgia

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Mother and infant killed, 2 children injured in head-on collision in north Georgia
By Mark Niesse
Dec 24, 2021

A mother and her infant son have died after a head-on crash in North Georgia, police told Channel 2 Action News.

Three other people were injured in the collision on Ga. 151 in Ringgold, including two children, according to the Georgia State Patrol.

Hannah Holland, 25, died at the scene Dec. 17. Her son Jackson was flown to the hospital and later died.

The GSP said Holland’s car swerved into the opposite lane and then overcorrected, hitting an oncoming vehicle.

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Mark Niesse is an enterprise reporter and covers elections and Georgia government for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is considered an expert on elections and voting. Before joining the AJC, he worked for The Associated Press in Atlanta, Honolulu and Montgomery, Alabama. He also reported for The Daily Report and The Santiago Times in Chile.

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