Four killed in one-car accident

CENTRALHATCHEE - Four Alabama men were killed in a one-car accident early Tuesday on U.S. 27 near the west Georgia town of Centralhatchee, about 50 miles southwest of Atlanta. <br> <br> Another man was critically injured in the crash. <br> <br> A spokesman for the Heard County Emergency Management Agency says 22-year-old Eric Earies of Selma, Alabama, was driving the car more the 100 mph when it hit a tree just off the highway. Earies was pronounced dead at the scene, as were 30-year-old Bobby Kennedy of Selma; and 40-year-old Jerome Trotterand 23-year-old Robert Allen, both of Mobile, Alabama. <br> <br> Eric Rogers was in critical condition at Atlanta Medical Center. <br> <br> All the men were employees at United Scaffolding and were working at Georgia Power&#39;s Plant Wansley. Allen had been staying in Heard County, while the other men were staying in LaGrange.