US Edition8 Family Members Among Those Killed In Fiery Crash On Georgia's I-85: Reports
Kane Hammock faces multiple charges including eight counts of vehicular homicide after rear-ending a family minivan, causing a fiery crash that involved six vehicles, authorities said.
- Just south of mile marker 147, eight people inside a Dodge minivan died after being rear-ended by a tanker semi-truck on Monday, Oct. 13, in Jackson County.
- Georgia State Patrol said the semi-trailer struck the family's van from behind after following too closely, and the National Transportation Safety Board and GSP Specialized Collision Reconstruction Team opened a safety investigation.
- Jeff Rogers, Jackson County Deputy Coroner, confirmed the victims were all from the same family, ages two to forty-two, including Kenia Ramirez, Darwin Ventura, and Sonia Maribel Ramirez.
- Authorities arrested Kane Aaron Hammock, 33, of Gainesville, and charged him with eight counts of second-degree vehicular homicide and one count of second-degree vehicular feticide, the Georgia Department of Public Safety said.
- The community and multiple responding agencies are assisting victims and animals while families mourn; Furkids Animal Rescue’s van carrying 37 cats was involved, with two missing and one kitten hospitalized as of Oct. 14.
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5 Kids and Pregnant Mother Among 8 Members of Same Family Killed in Georgia Highway Crash: Report
The family members, all driving in one car, were killed after a semi-trailer collided with their van, causing a fiery pileupAtlanta News First/YouTube A vehicle after the crash on I-85 in Jackson County on Monday, Oct. 13NEED TO KNOWFamily has confirmed the identities of eight family members who died in a fiery crash on a Georgia highway earlier this week5 children between the ages of 2 and 16, a mother, her pregnant daughter and her partner wer…
Eight dead in I-85 crash in Georgia
JACKSON COUNTY, Ga. (CBS, KYMA) - Eight people were killed Monday afternoon in a fiery crash on Interstate 85 when a semi-trailer truck slammed into a van, causing it to burst into flames, according to Georgia law enforcement officials. The collision happened in Jackson County, about 62 miles northeast of Atlanta. Investigators say the semi-trailer was following too closely behind a Dodge van when it struck the vehicle, causing it to burst into …
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