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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.
Shortly before 10:00 p.m., a 17-year-old girl was exiting the parking lot of a pizza restaurant, and was turning left onto Maryland Parkway but failed to yield to a northbound motorcycle on the road, and the two vehicles collided. The 27-year-old male driver of the motorcycle and his passenger, a 22-year-old woman, were both thrown from their vehicle and sustained serious to critical injuries. The 17-year-old driver then fled the scene, but was found and arrested a short time later. No one in the car was injured in the crash. Check back for updates.