COCHRAN, Ga. — Bleckley County High School is mourning the death of a student killed in a car accident.
According to Principal Matt Gibbs, 16-year-old junior Seth Payne was killed in an overnight wreck involving another student.
Gibbs says this school year was Payne’s first year back in Bleckley County Schools since the fifth grade, and the other student involved is in the hospital.
“Every time I’ve ever had any interactions with him, [he] always a nice kid…he was close to some of the kids within our school and they’re hurting,” said Gibbs.
Georgia State Patrol is investigating the accident.
They Payne was driving south on Mount Carmel Church Road around 1 a.m. Thursday when he lost control of his vehicle.
It went off the west side of the road and into a ditch. Georgia State Patrol says Payne was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected from the vehicle.
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