Two of the victims from the earlier wreck were teens, adding more names to the list of young victims killed and injured in auto accidents on metro Atlanta roads.

The first wreck happened shortly after 4 p.m. near the intersection of South Hairston and Redan roads.

Police said a white Honda Accord, driven by Joel L. Reeves, 20, of Stone Mountain and occupied by three other young men, was traveling southbound along South Hairston when Reeves lost control and crossed a grassy median into the path of a burgundy Nissan Sentra.

Reeves and the passenger in the back seat behind him were killed. Police said neither were wearing seat belts. Both recently had moved to Atlanta. Reeves was from New Jersey; his friend was from Boston, police said.

The two other passengers in Reeves' car suffered serious injuries.

Police described the Sentra's driver as 30 to 40 years old. She was the car's sole occupant. She suffered an injury to her foot. Her identity had not been released Friday night.

The injured were taken to Atlanta Medical Center and Grady Memorial Hospital.

A man was killed and a woman seriously injured in the second wreck at about 5:30 p.m. on I-20 westbound near I-285 and Wesley Chapel Road.

According to Detective Richard Tuttle, the accident happened after a tractor-trailer slowed because of heavy traffic.

A 2000 Lincoln Town Car changed lanes and slammed into the rear of the truck without slowing, he said.

The driver of the car, Gregory Swift, 43, of Stone Mountain, died from the impact. His female passenger, 37-year-old Megumi McMillan, was clinging to life at Grady, Tuttle said.

The two were returning from the Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Tuttle said.

The crash on South Hairston drew onlookers who heard the impact from homes nearby.

The entire driver's side of the Accord was smashed in nearly halfway through the vehicle.

"It was kind of like a gun shot, like a loud boom," said 18-year-old Armond Scott, who lives in a nearby apartment complex.

"I heard two hits. I knew when I heard that sound it was an accident. . . .The driver, and the guy sitting behind the driver, you could tell they were dead," he said.

George Miller was gardening about one-quarter of a mile away from the accident scene when he heard the crash. He walked over to find out what happened.

Miller said drivers often travel too fast along South Hairston near that intersection, and sometimes lose control.

Just across the street from the accident a memorial of flowers was placed in remembrance of Billy Purkett, an Alabama A&M University student who was killed on Aug. 3, 2000.