Six Georgia high school students were reportedly hospitalized – including two with serious injuries – after a high-speed rollover crash on a winding local road notorious for fatal wrecks.

The single-car crash unfolded Thursday morning when a teen boy driving a 2021 Honda Accord went off Vaughn Road in Newman, about 40 miles southwest of Atlanta, while tearing around a curve, according to the Georgia State Patrol, multiple outlets reported. 

The car then smashed into a utility pole before slamming into a large tree. 

“All of a sudden I heard a bang and then my electricity went out and so I was like, ‘God, something happened,’” a local resident told Atlanta News First of the late-morning crash.

“I could hear all the kids in the car and they were trying to get themselves out and I just knew something was bad.”

The Northgate High School students were rushed to various hospitals, with two teenage girls airlifted to nearby medical centers in serious condition.

Footage from local reports showed tire tracks stretching along the roadside near the crash site, with the front of the black sedan completely obliterated and wrecked beyond recognition.

“A lot of people, I watch them come around the curve, it looks like they’re coming around on two wheels,” said Debbie Canup, who has lived on the problematic 25 mph road for 30 years and spent much of that time pushing for stop signs and speed bumps, the outlet reported.

“We get what I call eye-candy, which is a sign that says no thru traffic, a sign that says speed limit strictly enforced, but it’s not.”

The school district sent a letter to parents about the crash, offering thoughts and prayers to the victims’ families and providing counseling service to students in need, FOX 5 Atlanta reported.

However, concerned parents questioned why the students weren’t in school when the accident occurred.

“At that time of day, they should have been at school,” Northgate parent Tarrell Pledger told Atlanta News.

“So I’m just curious as to the details and how it affects the other kids as far as how they fear or feel moving forward because it’s real.”

The grim scene, marked by multiple memorials, has a chilling history of deadly wrecks.

One teen died and three others were injured in a 2016 crash, with another teen also killed in a single-vehicle wreck in 2023, according to the Newnan Times-Herald.

An 18-year-old accused of gunning down two Kentucky bank employees during a robbery was quickly tracked down when investigators linked him to his own Facebook posts.

Brailen Weaver was charged with armed bank robbery and firearms offenses causing death after the Thursday shooting at a US Bank branch in Berea, court records show.

Kentucky State Police later identified the victims as Breanna Edwards, 35, and Brian Switzer, 42.

A silver BMW seen on surveillance video became a key break in the case as investigators matched the vehicle to a car that Weaver had listed for sale on Facebook, according to an FBI affidavit filed Friday, the Associated Press reported.

The FBI also tied the suspect’s clothing to photos Weaver had posted online, and said he kept posting on social media after the deadly robbery.

Officials later spotted the BMW on Interstate 75 Thursday night, triggering a high-speed chase between Weaver and police.

The pursuit continued into Lexington, where speeds exceeded 130 mph before the car crashed and the suspect ran off on foot, the affidavit said.

The FBI affidavit detailing the case was written before the capture and does not mention an arrest.

But Kentucky State Police Officer Justin Kearney said in a social media post Friday that a “person of interest believed to be involved in yesterday’s Berea bank robbery has been apprehended.”

Weaver entered the bank just before 2 p.m. Thursday and “immediately shot and killed a male victim” before fatally shooting a teller, according to the affidavit.

He then checked multiple drawers and fled. Authorities have not said whether any money was taken.

“While there is no longer imminent danger, we understand that the tragedy is far from over for the community,” said Olivia Olson, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Louisville office.

“The only solace that we can offer is that this individual, who valued a stolen dollar more than two human lives, will be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law.”

Weaver could also face state charges tied to the killings.

US Bank said it was working with authorities and supporting victims’ families.

“We’re deeply saddened by the tragic event that took the lives of two of our employees at our Berea, Kentucky branch earlier today,” the company said.

“Our hearts go out to the families of the victims, our colleagues and the entire Berea community.”

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