2 dead, 1 seriously hurt in Georgia highway crash

<p>RICHMOND HILL, Ga. &mdash; A highway crash caused by a wrong-way driver in southeast Georgia killed two people and left another hospitalized with serious injuries, according to the Georgia State Patrol. </p>
<p>The deadly collision happened Saturday on U.S. 17 in Bryan County southwest of Savannah, <a href="https://www.wsav.com/news/local-news/two-dead-in-early-morning-wreck-in-bryan-county-woman-stuck-in-traffic-gives-birth/">WSAV-TV </a> reported. Cpl. Dante Williams of the State Patrol said a driver traveling northbound in a southbound lane collided head-on with a pickup truck. </p>
<p>Williams said the wrong-way driver was killed, as was a passenger in the pickup truck. The trooper said the driver of the pickup was taken to a hospital with serious injuries. </p>
<p>Bryan County Coroner Bill Cox later identified the two people killed as Sergio Miguel Ortega-Gonzalez of Liberty County and Jessica Thornburg of Bloomingdale.</p>