Peach County football player dies in car crash

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BYRON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A Peach County High School student died Saturday night after a car accident.

Peach County Coroner Kerry Rooks tells 41NBC it happened around 8:30 on Moseley Road.

18-year-old Raekwon Smith, a senior on the school’s football team, was pronounced dead.

Rooks says three others were in the car and two of them were taken to the hospital. He wasn’t aware of their conditions.

 

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(478) 745-4141 ext. 310 Tucker Sargent joined the 41NBC news team in April 2012. He's from Alabama, but you won't catch him saying "Roll Tide!" Tucker grew up near Auburn before moving to north Alabama. He graduated from Danville High School in 2007 and loves to return to the Tennessee Valley any chance he gets. He moved back south to Troy, Alabama after high school, where he graduated from Troy University in 2011 with a B.S. in Broadcast Journalism. He interned in Huntsville at WAAY-TV before joining 41NBC. His passion is sports, and his favorite teams are the Auburn Tigers and Troy Trojans. On the weekends you can catch Tucker watching college football on Saturdays and NASCAR on Sundays! He's proud to call middle Georgia home for now and could always use a story idea from you, so don't hesitate to get in touch with him!