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Douglasville man, 2 children killed in Paulding County crash

By FOX 5 Atlanta Digital Team
Published  February 17, 2021 10:12pm EST
Paulding County
FOX 5 Atlanta

3 brothers dead after car crash in Paulding County

A 21-year-old was driving his two brothers when he hit the road’s shoulder and lost control of the vehicle.

PAUDLING COUNTY, Ga. - A young man and two boys were killed Monday evening in a crash in Paulding County.

It happened just before 8:50 p.m. along Dallas Nebo Road at Westwick Place. The Georgia State Patrol said the driver of a 2002 BMW 525I, identified as 21-year-old Edgar Manrique Mendoza, crossed the roadway’s center line while rounding a curve. That car then struck a 2012 Toyota Tacoma driving in the opposite direction on the passenger side.

Mendoza along with 15-year-old Kevin Mendoza, who was in the front passenger seat, and 12-year-old Melvin Espinal, who was in the back seat, were killed in the crash, troopers said.

All three were from Douglasville.

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