Hazlehurst teen dies as 4 children thrown from car in Holiday Road crash in Laurens County

A Hazlehurst teen is dead after a two-vehicle rollover crash that injured several people Sunday night in Laurens County.

Jessica Jasmen Andrade, 15, was thrown from the vehicle and died at the scene, Laurens County Coroner Richard Stanley said.

Three other children under age 17 also were ejected from the family’s 2005 Lincoln Aviator, Georgia State Patrol Trooper Charles Hardy said.

“We’re not exactly sure yet where they were riding but they were in the back (of the vehicle),” Hardy said.

The other children also were hurt, including another teen who was seriously injured and taken to Medical Center, Navicent Health, in Macon.

At about 7 p.m. Sunday, Andrade’s family was headed west on Holiday Road and the driver of the Aviator failed to stop at the stop sign at Scotland Road, Hardy said.

The Aviator crossed into the path of a southbound 2015 Ford F-150 out of Florida carrying four people, who suffered minor injuries.

The pickup hit the Lincoln on the passenger side.

The Georgia State Patrol’s Specialized Collision Reconstruction Team is investigating the crash.

This story was originally published November 26, 2018 at 2:15 PM.