Names of 4 Injured Teens Released

Updated 3:46 p.m.

The Georgia State Patrol has released the names of the four passengers injured in a single-car crash Monday in Lithia Springs.

They are Erick Zambrano, 18, Joe L. Raygoza, 15, Bryan A. Lopez, 16, and Ashley G. Leon, 14. All four are Douglasville residents.

Police did not release the name of the 16-year-old male driver of the 2005 Toyota Camry. He is also from Douglasville.

The State Patrol has determined that the car wrecked at least partially because it was traveling too fast for road conditions, patrol spokesman Gordy Wright said.

In addition to being charged with failing to maintain his lane, the driver will be charged with violating his Class D driver's license, Wright said.

"During the initial six month of the Class D license, only immediate family members may be in the vehicle," he said.

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Reported earlier

It wasn’t clear Tuesday morning whether five teenagers injured in a single-car wreck Monday in Lithia Springs were students of Douglas County.

Kathy Rathel, office manager for , said that because the school doesn't know the names of the teens, it isn't clear if they attend the school.

“Until somebody comes and says something to us, then we do not know," she said. "I would think that if they were students of ours, somebody would have come to us."

Douglas County schools spokeswoman Karen Stroud also said she was unaware whether the teenagers attend school in the county.

The accident happened around 5 p.m. Monday on Monier Avenue in Lithia Springs, said Georgia Highway Patrol spokesman Gordy Wright. A 16-year-old driver lost control of the car, left the road and hit two utility poles.

The driver was taken to a Fulton County hospital for treatment, while the four passengers, ages 14, 15, 16 and 18, were taken to Cobb WellStar Hospital, Wright said.

The driver will be charged with failing to maintain lane, Wright said.