Crime & Safety
21-Year-Old Driver Killed in Head-On Collision
The two-vehicle accident occurred on S.R. 293 around 11 p.m. Thanksgiving evening just outside Kingston.
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One person died late Thanksgiving evening in a two vehicle-accident in Bartow County.
The collision occurred around 10:30 p.m. Nov. 26 on S.R. 293 just outside Kingston’s city limits, said Bartow County Emergency Medical Services spokesperson Brad Cothran.
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While negotiating a curve, the driver of a 2006 Chrysler 300 traveling southbound on the highway “crossed over the double yellow line” and hit a 1996 Dodge Ram traveling northbound head-on, Georgia State Patrol spokesperson Tracey Watson.
Watson said the driver of the Chrysler, Willie Joe Heath, 47, of Cartersville, was injured and transported to Floyd Medical Center for treatment.
The driver of the Dodge, Cartersville resident Jessie Tyler Law, 21, was killed in the crash while his passenger, 20-year-old Kendra Alayne Mealer of Adairsville, was injured and taken to Floyd Medical Center.
Watson said charges are pending the completion of the Specialized Collision Reconstruction Team’s investigation.
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