CORDELE - A brother and his sister, heading to Florida to visit relatives, were killed when their van was struck from behind by a tractor-trailer and pushed into a propane truck. <br>
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Traffic was rerouted off Interstate 75 in Crisp County for more than two hours after the tractor-trailer that struck the van burst into flames Wednesday just south of Cordele in the southbound lanes. <br>
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Carl Victory Stinnett, 72, of Ozawkie, Kan., and Vernia E. Blake, 63, of Nashville, Tenn., were killed. <br>
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The driver of the tractor-trailer also was slightly injured. <br>
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Troopers said the accident was still under investigation. <br>
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Crisp County Sheriff Donnie Haralson said deputies rerouted traffic off both north and southbound lanes of I-75 because emergency officials feared the propane truck would explode. Although the truck was leaking a small amount of propane, it did not catch fire.
