FULTON COUNTY, GA -- Four students from Langston Hughes High School were killed, and another injured, in a south Fulton County collision between two vehicles at 1:17 p.m. on Monday.
PHOTOS: 4 killed in South Fulton accident
The five teenagers were in a Lincoln Navigator when it collided with a semi tractor trailer at the Butner Rd./Ridge Rd. intersection with Campbellton-Fairburn Rd., which is GA Highway 92.
Police said a preliminary investigation indicates the Navigator's driver ran a red light at the intersection, which is about three miles from the school, just as the truck was entering the intersection.
The driver and the three passengers who were killed were males, police said. Police said the driver was thrown from the SUV. All four were declared dead on the scene.
“The female was in the far back seat," said Fulton Deputy Fire Chief Charles Stubbs. "My firemen pulled her out one of the back windows.” The female was taken Grady Memorial Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to police.
The Fulton County school system has confirmed all of the victims were Langston Hughes High students, but their names have not been released.
“We just basically heard a loud boom, like it sounded like an explosion," said Maurice Hollins, who works nearby. "And it was horrific.”
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