Police have identified the five teens who were killed in a fatal Atlanta crash early Monday that caused a vehicle to flip over a wall, ejecting the passengers from the car in a 50-foot drop.
Three girls and two boys were pronounced dead at the scene: Katy Gaitan, 17, of Atlanta, Ashley Gaitan, 16, of Atlanta, Coral Lorenzo, 17, of Atlanta, Hung Nguyen, 18, of Lawrenceville, and Abner Santana, 19, of Suwanee.
At least three of the victims were students at Lakeside High School in DeKalb County.
The three-vehicle collision occurred right before 4am Monday on a ramp to the southbound lanes of Interstate 85 in Gwinnett County, according to police.
The accident caused a vehicle to flip over a wall of the elevated ramp, falling onto traffic lanes, police said in a statement. Multiple people were ejected during the incident.
Three other people were injured and transported to local hospitals. Their condition is currently unknown.
Cpl. Christian D’Allaird with the Gwinnett County Police Department said that all of the people who were killed were presumed to be in the same vehicle.
‘I’d say it was about a 50-foot drop,’ he said.
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