A two-vehicle crash claimed the lives of three Winder residents Saturday evening.
Georgia State Patrol public information officer Gordy Wright said the crash occurred around 10:50 p.m. on Georgia Highway 82, approximately a tenth of a mile west of Holsenbeck School Road.
David Michael Varnum, 53; John Willis Collins, 61 and Wanda Jean Collins, 54, were killed in the crash.
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According to Wright, Varnum was driving his 1995 Chevrolet Camaro east on Highway 82 when he crossed the centerline and struck the Collins’ 2001 Ford Taurus head-on.
“Alcohol is suspected as a contributing factor and a blood test will be performed on Mr. Varnum to confirm,” Wright said in a released statement.
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There were no other injuries.
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