WAYNESBORO, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Two people have died after a crash in Burke County on Wednesday night.

The Burke County Sheriff’s Office says deputies responded to a single-vehicle crash on the 800 block of Hancock Landing Road around 7:40 p.m.

Deputies say the investigation indicates the driver of the vehicle, traveling southbound at an excessive speed, failed to negotiate a curve. The vehicle left the roadway, striking a ditch.

The impact caused the vehicle to flip and overturn several times before coming to a stop, according to the sheriff’s office.

Two occupants were inside the vehicle at the time of the crash.

Deputies say both occupants have died.

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