Multiple Injuries, Deaths From 15-Passenger Van Wreck In Georgia

Authorities confirm three people have died and several others are injured after a 15-passenger van carrying 12 people crashed in Jackson County Monday morning. Georgia State Patrol says the single-vehicle-crash took place on Interstate 85 southbound at Hwy 98 (exit 147). The van, carrying nine men and three women, veered off the highway about 300-feet and slammed into a tree after the male driver, who survived, lost control. FOX 5 News has learned three men were ejected from the vehicle and died as a result of their injuries. Eight other people were taken to nearby hospitals to be treated for injuries.