Six people, including three children, die in horror head-on crash in Georgia after elderly man drives the wrong way on the Interstate
- Head-on collision on Interstate 95 has killed six people, including three children
- Officials say an elderly man, 77, was traveling southbound in a northbound lane in Liberty County, Georgia, on Sunday morning
- His car crashed into an SUV carrying five passengers around 2.05am
- All six victims were wearing seat belts and the man was not impaired at the time
Six people, including three children, have been killed in a head-on collision after an elderly man was driving the wrong way on an interstate, authorities say.
The Georgia State Patrol said that the incident occurred around 2.05am on Interstate 95 in Liberty County, near the Exit 76 on-ramp.
Officials told Fox News that a 77-year-old man driving a Lexus RX350 with Florida license plates was traveling the wrong direction in the left lane of the interstate.
Three adults and three children were killed during a head-on collision Sunday morning on Interstate 95
The Lexus then collided into a Nissan Rogue with Virginia tags carrying a female driver, a male passenger and three children inside.
Both the elderly man and the five victims inside the Nissan died at the scene.
WTOC has identified the victims in the SUV as Nathan Robinson, 37, Sara Robinson, 41, 12 or 13-year-old Stephen Robinson, 13 or 14-year-old Rebecca Robinson and four or five-year-old Alexander Robinson.
Extended family members were unable to recall the exact year of birth for the children. The elderly driver has not been identified yet.
Authorities say that everyone was wearing seat belts at the time of the crash and the man was not impaired.
The elderly man was driving southbound in northbound lanes and crashed into a Nissan Rogue carrying five people
Pictured: the tragic incident happened around 2.05am in in Liberty County, Georgia, near the Exit 76 on-ramp
The Midway Fire Department were forced to extract the victims from the vehicles.
The identities of the victims have not been released pending notification of next of kin, but authorities say the children are believed to be between the ages of three and 10-years-old.
Prior to the crash, Liberty County Sheriff’s Deputy Lt. Jason Colvin said that a ‘lookout advisory’ had been issued by the Liberty City 911 around 2am for a white Lexus traveling southbound in a northbound lane.
The identities of the six victims have not been released, as officials work to notify the next of kin
Deputies were en route to Interstate 95 to stop the vehicle when they received a call about the crash.
Photos taken at the scene show the Nissan Rogue taking the brunt of the collision.
The crash closed down all northbound lands until 5.30am on Sunday.
An investigation into the collision is ongoing.