Georgia Southern nurses killed in wreck to be memorialized at Capitol

The five Georgia Southern University nurses killed last April in a horrific Interstate 16 crash will be memorialized Monday at the state Capitol.

Some of the state’s top leaders, including Gov. Nathan Deal and Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, will attend the 11:30 a.m. ceremony, which will be held on the steps of the Capitol’s south wing. The ceremony will include a candle lighting and unveiling of memorial gifts.

The crash happened as the students were on their way to Savannah for their final clinical rotation of the school year. A tractor-trailer crashed into the two SUV's carrying the women, killing Emily Clark, 20, Powder Springs; Morgan Bass, 20, of Leesburg; Abbie Deloach, 21, of Savannah; Catherine "McKay" Pittman, 21, of Alpharetta; and Caitlyn Baggett, 21, of Millen.