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Two Boys Killed in Murray County Crash

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Channel: WTVC NewsChannel 9 · 2013 · News & Politics

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By Jerry Askin  Updated StoryTwo small children are dead after an accident involving a tractor trailer -- and troopers say their mother may be to be blame.The accident happened around 10:00 Friday morning at the intersection of old highway 411 and highway 136 in Murray County. Troopers say  a mother was driving a GMC Envoy when she ran a stop sign, killing her two sons. Both her boys were riding on the right side of this SUV when we're told she hit a tractor trailer.They were small children, maybe 8-years old or 10-years old, but two male children, says Murray County sheriff Gary Langford.And exactly how it happened remains the question.It looks like the lady driving didn't see the truck coming, or possibly didn't see the stop sign, but that's up to the Georgia State Patrol, says Sheriff Langford.Sheriff Langford helped troopers work the crash Friday on his 4th official day as sheriff. And he wasn't expecting Friday to be the county's first fatal crash of the year.Any fatality is bad, but this one is bad especially this time of the year involving small children, says Sheriff Langford.Troopers say they've worked several fatal crashes at that intersection. And Friday, many drivers we spoke to say fatal crashes like this one is a reminder to drive safely.We want everyone to drive the speed limit, slow down, especially in rain, don't drive fast, says Sheriff Langford.The surviving mother and family member riding in the car were taken to the hospital. While this family copes with this awful tragedy, Sheriff Langford recalls his nearly 30 years working with Georgia State Patrol, working fatal crashes.Anytime someone dies, any officer or EMT, or firemen or anyone like that is hurt, but it really touches home when it's a family, says Sheriff Langford. ______________________________________________________________Previous StoryTwo young children died Friday morning in a violent collision between the car they were riding in and a tractor trailer.  That wreck happened about 10 a.m. at the intersection of Highway 136 and Old Highway 411 in Murray County.Georgia State Patrol spokesperson Franka Young says the two victims are young boys and their mother was driving the GMC Envoy.  Troopers say she did not appear to yield at a stop sign and the semi slammed into the side of the SUV.The mother and another passenger were transported to Hamilton Medical Center in Dalton, Georgia for injuries.  Young described the passenger as a family relative of the driver.  Murray County Sheriff Gary Langford tells NewsChannel 9 that the victims are the sons of a Gordon County firefighter but no names have been released.

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