UPDATE (4/06/2026)
The Florida Highway Patrol has released more details following a deadly crash on Monday on State Road 65. The report states that for unknown reasons, the car carrying four people crossed over the northbound lane and ran off the east shoulder. The car then hit a tree and caught fire.
The report states witnesses were able to remove the front, right passenger before the vehicle became fully engulfed. The driver, an 18-year-old male from Alpharetta, Georgia, and two passengers, a 17-year-old and a 16-year-old girl, both from Cummings, Georgia, were still in the vehicle and pronounced deceased on scene. The surviving passenger, a 17-year-old girl also from Alpharetta, was airlifted to Tallahassee Memorial Hospital with critical injuries.
The Florida Highway Patrol was assisted on scene by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, Franklin County EMS, and Eastpoint Volunteer Fire Department
Original:
The Franklin County Sheriff's Office and the Florida Highway Patrol are working a crash with multiple fatalities.
According to FHP, 4 teens were in a car when it hit a tree.
Three died as a result of the crash: two males, ages 17 and 18, and one female, age 17.
The fourth victim, a 16-year-old female, is in critical condition.
According to Franklin County Sheriff, AJ Smith, part of Highway 65 will be closed for hours while emergency crews work the area.
FHP says the vehicle the victims were driving were not from the state.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
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