Three people with ties to metro Atlanta and an Alabama college died early Saturday in a single-vehicle wreck on I-75 south in Clayton County, authorities said.
The crash happened at about 3 a.m. when police said a vehicle veered out of its lane and went into a ditch before becoming “fully engulfed in flames.” The incident occurred near the exit ramp for Tara Boulevard, police said.
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“Tragically, the occupants of the vehicle were unable to escape and were pronounced deceased at the scene,” the police said in a statement.
The three victims were identified by officials from Stillman College — a historically Black college in Tuscaloosa, Alabama — as student Sieas Elliott and alumni Destiny Gardner and Varick Lawrence…