Community honors ‘sweet’ teens lost in Florida highway wreck

The Brief

  • Three metro Atlanta teenagers died in a crash in northwest Florida during spring break.
  • The victims were all students at Horizon Christian Academy in Cumming.
  • A fourth person was injured and taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. A tight-knit Forsyth County school community is mourning after three students died Monday when their car ran off a Florida highway and hit several trees.

Small school community devastated

What we know:

The crash claimed the lives of 18-year-old Jackson Mobley, 17-year-old Jaylyn Fehr, and 16-year-old Charlotte Martin. Florida authorities said the teens were traveling through Franklin County when their car left the road. The three students died at the scene, while a fourth person was rushed to a hospital.

The loss has left a heavy silence at Horizon Christian Academy. Because the school is so small, staff and students say the tragedy feels like every family has lost one of their own kids.

What we don’t know:

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