GRACEVILLE — Four people are dead and two others are in critical condition after a horrific crash Saturday night, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Larry Collins, 57, was driving south on State 77 in Jackson County when George Henry Hayes, 54, traveling east on County 162, ran a stop sign posted at the intersection, according to the FHP.
Collins’ 1995 Ford F-150 collided with the left side of Hayes’ 2003 Chevrolet pickup, after which both vehicles entered the northbound shoulder south of County 162. Both vehicles overturned and caught fire.
Hayes and two of his passengers, 22-year-old Bishop Peterson and 45-year-old Angela Peterson Spencer, were killed. One of Collins’ passengers, 55-year-old Sandra Collins, was also killed.
Larry Collins and 6-year-old Lanasai McCutcheon, a passenger in Hayes’ truck, were taken to Southeast Alabama Medical Center in critical condition.
The Florida Highway Patrol has not determined if alcohol was a factor in Hayes' role in the crash; alcohol was not a factor for Collins, the FHP reported.
Larry and Sandra Collins were from Campbellton. Hayes and his passengers were from Greenwood.