Mom, 2 Children Killed in Bartow Accident

CARTERSVILLE, GA -- A north Georgia mother and two of her three children were killed late Friday evening in a two-vehicle collision in Bartow County.

Crews with Bartow County Emergency Medical Services responded to the crash on U.S. 411/S.R. 20 just west of Cowan Drive, said spokesperson Brad Cothran.

At around 11:35 p.m., a 2004 Dodge Ram 1500 pickup truck and a 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee were traveling eastbound on S.R. 20 in the left lane. The driver of the Dodge said the Jeep began to slow down and "he was not able to stop the truck," the Georgia State Patrol said.

The truck hit the back of the Jeep, and both vehicles exited the shoulder of the highway and came to an uncontrolled rest in the median facing northbound.

Cothran said three units responded to the scene to attend to five patients in the crash.

The driver of the Dodge, Scottie Worfford, 51, of Rockmart, was injured and transported to Cartersville Medical Center.

The driver of the Jeep, 25-year-old Deneisha Washington of Dalton, was fatally wounded in the crash.

Two backseat passengers, 11-month-old Octavian Bynum and 2-year-old Iyania Bynum, both of Dalton, were also killed in the crash.

Shamya Washington, 8, who also lives in Dalton, was injured and airlifted to Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston Hospital.

The state agency said Washington was the mother to all three children. Worfford has been charged with three counts of homicide by vehicle in the first degree, serious injury by vehicle, driving under the influence and following too closely, the Georgia State Patrol said.

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