Friday June 27th, 2025 2:46PM

Father, three children killed in one-car accident in Moultrie

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MOULTRIE - A pickup truck that crashed into a tree has killed a Barwick man, his 4-year-old daughter and two young stepsons. <br> <br> State troopers said Amadeo Mejia-Sanchez, 27, was driving a pickup truck too fast Sunday on a road just east of Moultrie. The truck ran off the road and struck a pine tree. <br> <br> Mejia-Sanchez, a dairy farm worker from Barwick, 20 miles south of Moultrie, was killed along with his stepsons, 8-year-old Julio Durrence and 9-year-old Emanuel Durrence, and his daughter, Anna Sanchez. <br> <br> ``It is just a terrible tragedy. You just wish there was something that could have been done to prevent it,&#39;&#39; state Trooper John K. Luke said. <br> <br> No one was wearing a seat belt in the truck, and troopers found alcoholic beverages in the vehicle. Officials plan to test Mejia-Sanchez&#39;s blood alcohol level, Luke said. <br> <br> Mejia-Sanchez&#39;s wife, Tina Durrence of Barwick, was not in the vehicle.
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