A crash involving three vehicles on Interstate 16 in coastal Georgia early Monday sent 14 people to the hospital with injuries, authorities said.

The wreck happened about 3 a.m. in McIntosh County when an SUV traveling the wrong way struck a passenger van carrying 12 passengers, most of them children, said Trooper Marcus White of the Georgia State Patrol.

The collision also caused a tractor-trailer to overturn, WTOC-TV reported.

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A wreck on Interstate 16 in Georgia sent 14 people to the hospital. The accident involved three different vehicles.

Charges are pending against the wrong-way driver, according to the state patrol.

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The conditions of the people injured were not immediately known. One was taken to a Savannah hospital by helicopter. The rest were taken to nearby hospitals by ambulance.