Crime & Safety
UPDATE: Elderly Woman Dies In Wreck
The Georgia State Patrol is investigating the crash, which occurred along Mac Johnson Road about a half-mile off U.S. 41 in Cartersville.
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An elderly woman died in a single-vehicle accident Tuesday morning in Cartersville.
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A 2002 Ford F-150 was traveling northbound on Mac Johnson Road around 10:20 a.m. and as it approached River Birch Road, the driver veered off the roadway into a ditch and hit a tree, said Georgia State Patrol spokesperson Franka Young.
Two units from the Bartow County Emergency Medical Services were dispatched to the wreck, which was located about a half-mile off U.S. 41.
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Bartow County EMS spokesperson Brad Cothran said crews reported two patients -- both unconscious and unresponsive -- were trapped inside the truck.
Cothran added the male driver, 55-year-old Gary Wayne Sweet of Cartersville, appeared to have suffered a head injury and chest trauma, and was transported by helicopter to Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta for treatment.
The passenger, Mary Sweet, 74, of Cartersville, was pronounced dead at the scene. Young said neither occupant, who she believes are mother and son, was wearing a seat belt.
The Georgia State Patrol is investigating the crash, and Young added charges are pending.
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