NORCROSS, Ga. – Three Georgia teenagers are dead and a fourth is in critical condition after a crash after leaving a high school football game.
Police say the accident happened near Meadow Creek High School at about 10:16 p.m. Friday. When police arrived, they found a black Toyota 4Runner down an embankment.
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Three of the teens were pronounced dead on scene. They were identified as the driver, 18-year-old Brandon Martinez, and passengers, 18-year-old Nelson Umanzor and 16-year-old Naseer Alwakeel. A fourth person, 17-year-old Mesiah Allen, was reported Saturday in critical condition at Gwinnett Medical Center Lawrenceville.
Gwinnett County Police say Martinez swerved to avoid a collision then struck a guardrail before colliding with a tree.
"They were my brothers. We grew up together, played lacrosse together. It's just tragic," fellow lacrosse team member Soutchay Konglimmany told WAGA-TV..
Investigators say speed is being investigated as a contributing factor.
"Love your loved ones. You don't know when it's going to be your last chance," Konglimmany said.