A single-vehicle rollover wreck early Wednesday in Banks County claimed the lives of two people.
The wreck happened around 6:25 a.m. on GA 15/US Hwy. 441 at Banks Road, about two miles north of Banks Crossing in Commerce.
According to the Georgia State Patrol, Kiran Mehta, 36, of Warner Robins, was driving an Audi A3 south on Highway 441. The car ran off the road in a curve. It traveled into the median and then down an embankment, where it struck the bottom of the ditch and overturned.
Mehta and a passenger, Leslie Batson, 39, also of Warner Robins, were both ejected from the vehicle. They were transported from the scene to an area hospital but died as a result of their injuries.
State troopers investigating the crash say Mehta and Batson were not wearing their seat belts.
The wreck shut down the northbound lanes of Highway 441 near the crash site for more than two hours while troopers investigated and crews cleared the wreckage.
