Franklin County GaArchives News.....Four Killed In Train-Car Crash Here January 14, 1960
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The Carnesville Herald January 14, 1960
Four Negro youths were killed and two other hospitalized when their car was 
crushed by an oncoming freight train in Lavonia late Saturday night.

The patrol reported one of the car's eight occupants as saying the car was "going 
across the tracks and the first thing we knew the train hit us." The accident 
occurred at a Southern Railway crossing in the northern city limits of Lavonia.

Identified by the State Patrol as dead were; Oscar burton, driver of the car, of 
Martin; B. C. Ellis, of Martin; Johnny Ray Strange and Bobby Brock, both of 
Toccoa.

Four other Negro youths were also in the car, police said. Two were held for 
treatment at a hospital and two were treated and released.

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