BEACHTON — The Georgia State Patrol said they have not yet determined the cause of a Tuesday morning fatal crash between two teenagers.

Georgia State Patrol Trooper Mick Johnson, who responded to the accident, said the specialized collision reconstruction team (SCRT) assigned to the case has not concluded its investigation into what caused the deadly incident. The crash killed Thomasville High School senior Levi Knop.

Any possible charges in the case will be determined once the SCRT’s investigation is complete.

“They can figure out if speed was a factor or the steering wheel turning,” Johnson said. “They do more technological things and investigate more in-depth into the crash. Once they give us information about the crash it’ll pretty much lead us in the right direction as far as pending charges.”

Johnson said Knop and Brookwood student Anna McBride, 18, were likely on their way to school when the accident occurred along the northbound side of Highway 319.

Georgia State Patrol said McBride struck Knop’s pickup truck in the rear, causing him to veer off the left side of the road onto the center median, striking a tree head-on.

McBride lost control of her vehicle and spun onto the east shoulder of the highway, finally settling into a ditch. The Brookwood student escaped with minor injures and was conscious and alert at the scene.

Knop was pronounced dead at the site of the crash. 

Both drivers were wearing their seat belts at the time the collision occurred. No passengers were in either vehicle.

The collision occurred at approximately 7:45 a.m. near mile marker 6 near Beachton just within Grady County.

Johnson estimated the collision held up northbound traffic on 319 for approximately three hours as emergency teams from both Thomas and Grady counties responded to the incident.

A baseball player in his senior year, Knop took classes at both THS and Scholars Academy.

Youth pastors from several local churches offered their services to the campuses when news of the incident broke. A candlelight service in his memory, with several hundred people in attendance, was held Wednesday night.

THS Principal Shannon Norfleet said grief counseling would be offered all day Tuesday at both the high school and Scholars Academy.

A GoFundMe set up in the hours after Knop’s death had exceeded its $10,000 goal within its first 24 hours.