Three Die as Van Rear-Ends Tractor-Trailer in Georgia

Eddie Farah

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If you've ever travelled north of Jacksonville toward Amelia Island and Fernandina Beach, the sheer number of big-rigs loaded to the top with pine logs heading north is overwhelming.

But a van carrying adult passengers from a rehab center didn't see one of those tractor-trailers stopped and rear-ended it Wednesday morning. The van driver and two other passengers were killed instantly when logs from the trailer slid into the van.

The tractor-trailer was stopped at the intersection of SR 252 and U.S. 301 bypass just outside Folkston, Georgia.

The passengers were from the Satilla Community Services, that provides much needed mental health and substance abuse counselling to members of that small community, 40 miles north of Jacksonville.

Troopers don't know why the van's driver collided with the trailer. They speculate he had a heart attack or fell asleep.

The driver of the log truck was okay and flown to Shands for treatment.

Understandably, the Satilla Community Services personnel didn't want to talk to the media about this very unfortunate accident.