State patrol names Tift wreck victims

Published 2:12 pm Thursday, June 6, 2024

TIFTON — The Georgia State Patrol has released the names of five people who were killed Tuesday in a two-vehicle wreck in Tift County.

The five, all Georgians, were the driver, Christopher Dennis, 21, of Hinesville, and four passengers: Serigne Mbodji, 22, Atlanta; Dawan Nation, 19, of Dallas, Ga.; Ephira Oddum, 19 of Riverdale; and Aliyah Miles, 21, of Snellville, a state patrol statement said.

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Around 6:39 p.m. Tuesday, troopers and Motor Carrier Compliance Division officers headed to I-75 northbound at mile marker 69 due to a wreck with multiple fatalities, an earlier GSP statement said.

The troopers and officers found that one vehicle was heading north in the center lane, while a second vehicle was parked on the east shoulder of I-75 North.

The state patrol said the moving vehicle left the roadway and struck the rear of the parked vehicle’s trailer. A driver and three passengers died at the scene; one passenger was taken to a local hospital but passed away there, the state patrol said.