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6 dead following crash on I-95, trooper says

Investigators say crash happened early Sunday morning

6 dead following crash on I-95, trooper says

Investigators say crash happened early Sunday morning

WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT FORECAST COMING UP. DANA: BREAKING NEWS OVERNIGHT. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND THE FIRST LADY HAVE LANDED IN INDIA. AMANDA: THEY WILL BE THERE FOR TWO DAYS. THE PRESIDENT WAS GREETED BY THE PRIME MINISTER WITH POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE, HONOR GUARDS AND FLOUR GARLANDS. PRESIDENT TRUMP’S DAUGHTER, IVANKA, HER HUSBAND JARED KUSHNER, AND NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER ROBERT O’BRIEN ARE ALSO ALONG ON THE TRIP. DANA: WE’RE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS IN GREENWOOD COUNTY. WE KNOW THE NAME OF THE WOMAN KILLED IN A CAR ACCIDENT. AMANDA: THE CORONER SAYS 32-YEAR-OLD TANIKO DAVIS DIED AFTER HER CAR HIT A DITCH, FLIPPED OVER, AND LANDED IN A YARD. THIS HAPPENED SUNDAY EVENING ON EMERALD ROAD NEAR PINEHURST DRIVE. SHE WAS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT, AND DIED AT THE SCENE. DANA: NEW DETAILS OUT OF SPARTANBURG COUNTY ON THE DEATH OF AN INMATE. THE CORONER SAYS THEY RESPONDED TO THE JAIL SUNDAY MORNING. THE DEATH DOES NOT SEEM SUSPICIOUS. THE INMATES NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED. 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6 dead following crash on I-95, trooper says

Investigators say crash happened early Sunday morning

Authorities released the name of the family of five killed Sunday morning in a wrong-way crash on I-95 in Liberty County, Georgia. (Video above: Monday headlines)The identity of the driver of the second vehicle, a 77-year-old man with Florida plates, has not been released.According to Georgia State Patrol, the family was returning from Florida to Portsmouth, Va.Those killed were:Sara Robinson, 41Nathan Robinson, 37And children: Alexander Robinson, Stephen Robinson and Rebecca RobinsonAccording to Liberty County Sheriff's Deputy Lt. Jason Colvin, around 2 a.m. deputies were alerted to a white Lexus SUV traveling south in the northbound lanes. A short time later, deputies received a call about a crash near Exit 76 in Midway.When deputies arrived, they found two vehicles that had collided head-on.According to Georgia State Patrol Trooper Markus White, the Lexus had Florida license plates, and only the driver in the vehicle when it was traveling in the wrong direction at the time of the crash.

Authorities released the name of the family of five killed Sunday morning in a wrong-way crash on I-95 in Liberty County, Georgia.

(Video above: Monday headlines)

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Crash kills 6 in Liberty County
Lewis Levine

The identity of the driver of the second vehicle, a 77-year-old man with Florida plates, has not been released.

According to Georgia State Patrol, the family was returning from Florida to Portsmouth, Va.

Those killed were:

  • Sara Robinson, 41
  • Nathan Robinson, 37
  • And children: Alexander Robinson, Stephen Robinson and Rebecca Robinson

According to Liberty County Sheriff's Deputy Lt. Jason Colvin, around 2 a.m. deputies were alerted to a white Lexus SUV traveling south in the northbound lanes. A short time later, deputies received a call about a crash near Exit 76 in Midway.

When deputies arrived, they found two vehicles that had collided head-on.

According to Georgia State Patrol Trooper Markus White, the Lexus had Florida license plates, and only the driver in the vehicle when it was traveling in the wrong direction at the time of the crash.