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Woman dies when car strikes Atlanta home
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ATLANTA - Police say a woman fleeing from an officer was killed when her car struck a house in East Atlanta.

Atlanta police Capt. Van Hobbs says an officer noticed the woman failing to maintain her lane late Thursday night. He says the officer checked the car's license tag and learned the car's owner was wanted on drug charges.

Hobbs says the car sped off when the officer attempted to make a traffic stop, and that the officer lost sight of the vehicle. Hobbs says the officer crested a hill and saw that the car had run into a house.

Hobbs says the woman was taken by ambulance to Grady Memorial Hospital, where she died. Her identity has not been released, but Hobbs says she was in her 20s.

 

April 3 crash kills two young adults, injures third
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NEWTON COUNTY — Around 10 a.m. on Thursday, a head-on collision on Highway 212 left two young adults dead and a third hospitalized.

Joe Navarro, 21, was driving the vehicle and Breanna Smith, 18, was in the passenger seat. Katie New, 20, sat between them.

According to the Newton County Sheriff’s Office, the vehicle lost control while going around a curve and crossed the centerline, where it collided head-on with a box truck. The crash report shows that their vehicle traveled another hundred feet after impact before coming to a stop. It spun, ended up facing the opposite direction on the shoulder of the opposite lane.

Navarro and Smith were pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. New was airlifted to Grady Hospital. Her current condition is not known. 

Navarro, Smith and New were not believed to be wearing seatbelts when the collision occurred.

The driver of the box truck was not reported to have suffered any injuries.

This is an ongoing story. The News will post updates as they are made available.