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Paulding High couple Janeal Priester, 18, and Nicholas Wright, 17, both die in two-vehicle crash at Georgia Highway 61 and Old Villa Rica Road in Dallas, GA

Date:

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Area:

Atlanta, GA

18-year-old Janeal Priester was driving east on Old Villa Rica Road, and was attempting to turn left onto northbound Georgia Highway 61, but failed to yield to a southbound car on that road driven by Sarah Dowdy, 22. Priester's car was hit on the driver's side, killing both her and the front seat passenger Nicholas Wright, 17, her boyfriend of two years. Priester's younger brother, 16-year-old Joshua Priester, was in the back seat and taken to the hospital via helicopter for treatment of injuries. Dowdy was also hospitalized with injuries, but her condition is unknown.