Memorial to be placed remembering 5 killed in 1968 train-car collision - Gainesville Times

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Memorial to be placed remembering 5 killed in 1968 train-car collision

Friends, classmates and families will gather to observe the placement of a permanent memorial to five students whose died in a train-car accident adjacent to the Gainesville Junior College (now UNG) campus in January 1968. The placement coincides with the 50th anniversary of the event. - photo by For The Times

Friends, classmates and families will gather to observe the placement of a permanent memorial to five students whose died in a train-car accident adjacent to the Gainesville Junior College (now UNG) campus in January 1968. The placement coincides with the 50th anniversary of the event. - photo by For The Times

A memorial remembering five Gainesville Junior College students killed in a 1968 train-car wreck will be placed next month at the University of North Georgia.