TIFTON — A two-vehicle crash in Tift County Tuesday killed five people.

Around 6:39 p.m., troopers and Motor Carrier Compliance Division officers headed to I-75 northbound at Mile Marker 69 due to a wreck with multiple fatalities, a Georgia State Patrol statement said.

The troopers and officers found that one vehicle was heading north in the center lane, while a second vehicle with a trailer was parked on the east shoulder of I-75 North.

The state patrol said the moving vehicle left the roadway and struck the rear of the parked vehicle’s trailer.

A driver and three passengers died at the scene; another passenger was taken to a local hospital but passed away there, the state patrol said.

Most of the fatalities are being identified and next of kin have not yet been notified.