JACKSON COUNTY, Ga. - Two cats from Furkids Animal Rescue are still missing after a multivehicle crash on Interstate 85 Monday afternoon that left the shelter’s transport van totaled, according to the organization.

The backstory:

Eight people were killed in the fiery six-vehicle crash that shut down all northbound lanes of I-85 in Jackson County, according to the Georgia State Patrol. Troopers said the wreck happened around 4:11 p.m. just south of mile marker 147. Investigators believe a semi-trailer following too closely struck the back of a Dodge van, setting off a chain reaction involving four other vehicles.

The Furkids van was transporting 37 kittens to a partner shelter in Vermont when it was caught in the crash. The driver was hospitalized but has since been released, the shelt

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