Fatal Crash on Highway 17: 2 Dead, 1 Injured

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A driver and a passenger were killed, and another driver was seriously injured in a two-vehicle wreck on Highway 17 in Franklin County.

According to troopers from Georgia State Patrol Post 52 in Hartwell, the crash happened just before 9:30 p.m. on August 31 near Old Royston Road.

The preliminary crash report says 36-year-old Lisa Carey of Royston was driving a Honda Civic south on GA 17. 47-year-old Amy Leah Burns of Lavonia was northbound in a Ford F-250.

The report states that the Honda crossed into the north lane of the highway and struck the pickup truck head-on.

Carey was pronounced dead at the scene. A passenger in the Ford F-250, 51-year-old Jeffrey Wayne Burns of Lavonia, also died at the scene.

Burns was taken to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville with serious injuries.