NEWTON COUNTY, Ga. — The Newton County Sheriff’s Office has identified five people who were killed in a crash earlier this month.
The 16-year-old driver remains in critical condition, according to the sheriff’s office. He has not been identified because he was a juvenile.
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Deputies said the crash happened around 3 p.m. on April 8 near Highway 142 at Adams Circle, officials said. Investigators said the crash was a two-car head-on collision involving a van and pick-up truck.
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Deputies identified the people who were killed Thursday as 26-year-old Makayla Taylor, 55-year-old Alicia Eisenmann, 58-year-old Darin Quattlebaum, 55-year-old Kelly Pike and 68-year-old Peggy Wynn.
All five people who were killed were in the van.
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United Cerebral Palsey of Georgia said the van belonged to them and that four of the victims were people with disabilities who lived in a group home and the fifth victim, Taylor, was a staff member.
Taylor’s father, Malcolm Taylor, said on social media that his daughter was driving four of her patients to the doctor when the crash happened.
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