Mother and Her 4 Young Children Die as Their Car Bursts into Flames After Crash in Georgia: Reports
A mother and her four children have died after the car they were traveling in burst into flames after colliding with another vehicle.
On Sunday, April 6, Reagan Dougan, 27, was driving southbound on I-95 in McIntosh County, Georgia, with her sons aged 9, 4, and 3 months and her 2-year-old daughter in a rented Jeep SUV when the accident occurred at around 6 a.m. local time, local outlet WTOC reported.
The SUV struck a sedan and then a guardrail before bursting into flames, causing the family to die at the scene. Georgia State Trooper Christopher Ashdown confirmed the identity of the victims, per ABC News.
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Dougan and her children had been traveling from Raleigh, North Carolina, to Florida to meet her husband, who has since been informed of the tragedy, according to ABC News and the local outlet WRAL.
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The family had moved into a quiet cul-de-sac in Raleigh just months before the fatal crash. Neighbor Jason Flores told the outlet, 'We always waved at each other, she always had a smile on her face. The kids were always happy.'
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'Their food always smelled good when they cooked it,' he continued. 'It was something that we never really got to share any time together but passing by. I can imagine them here now, but they're gone the next.'
The driver of the other vehicle was taken to the hospital, per ABC News. I-95 remained closed for four hours following the crash, according to WTOC.
PEOPLE has reached out to Georgia State Patrol for comment but did not immediately hear back.
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