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American athlete Torrin Lawrence has been killed in a car accident, aged 25.
Lawrence's car suffered a puncture on Interstate 75 near the state border between Georgia and Florida and as he waited for the emergency services, his vehicle was hit by a truck.
Crisp County Sheriff Billy Hancock told NBC: "We're not exactly sure where he was in relation to the car (but) he was caught up in the accident."
A motorcycle passenger killed in a Sunday morning accident has been identified as Ellie Morris, according to Fulton County Medical Examiner's office.
Morris, 33, was from the metro Atlanta area.
According to Atlanta police, Jessica Johnson was driving on the southbound side of the I-75/85 connector and tried to get in the left lane to get on to I-20.
Johnson's Hyundai Sonata hit the back of the motorcycle and Morris was a passenger. Morris fell off and was hit by Johnson's car.
Two drivers died when a 91-year-old man driving the wrong way on Interstate 75 near the Florida-Georgia border late Friday night stuck an SUV and a Greyhound bus. Troopers said a 91-year-old driver was diving south in the northbound lanes when they ran head-on into the bus and a Ford Expedition at mile marker 449, about 10 miles south of Jasper in Hamilton County. The car's driver, Ernest Lee Holmes, 91, from High Springs, Florida was killed in the accident, according to the FHP report. Peter Linek, 55, of Ormond Beach, who was driving the SUV also died.