ELLABELLE, Ga. — Authorities in Georgia say five people are dead after a tractor-trailer failed to slow down and smashed into stop-and-go traffic on Interstate 16 west of Savannah.
Sgt. 1st Class Chris Nease of the Georgia State Patrol said the deadly collision happened early Wednesday as an unrelated crash about a mile up the highway was forcing traffic to slow down. He says a tractor-trailer slammed into an SUV and a car before colliding with the back of a tanker truck.
Nease says the passenger car burst into flames after it was crushed.
Authorities say seven total vehicles were involved in the chain-reaction crash 20 miles west of Savannah. Three people were injured.
Nease said the driver of the tractor-trailer has not been cited as investigators continue to piece together what happened.
