article_snippet.sent: Three people were killed and eight were injured when a 15-person van carrying members of two heavy metal bands careened 300 feet off an interstate and down an embankment in northeast Georgia on Monday.
article_snippet.sent: 15-person van was carrying 12 people from South Carolina toward Atlanta when 15-person van went off Interstate 85 near the town of Commerce about 7 am Monday, the Georgia State Patrol said.
article_snippet.sent: A van carrying 12 people from South Carolina for a heavy metal show in Atlanta careened off the road Monday morning, killing three and injuring eight .
article_snippet.sent: The driver of 15-person van 'apparently fell asleep and allowed the vehicle to leave the roadway, at which time the vehicle struck a tree on the passenger side, Georgia State Patrol Cpl Scott Smith said .
article_snippet.sent: Eight others were injured, the Georgia Department of Public Safety said in a statement late Monday morning.
article_snippet.sent: The driver of the 15-passenger vanapparently fell asleep and allowed the vehicle to leave the roadway, at which time the vehicle struck a tree on the passenger side,' Georgia State Patrol Cpl.
article_snippet.sent: The van and trailer traveled 300 feet off of the road before crashing into trees on the side of the highway .
highlights_snippet.sent: Eight injured in crash after 15-person van comes
highlights_snippet.sent: Three men who died were thrown from the vehicle as the vehicle hit trees .
  