Highway crash kills woman

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Fairburn woman was killed Friday evening in a

two-car accident on Ga. Highway 92 North near

Hickory Road.

It

was the third traffic fatality this year in

unincorporated Fayette County.

Carolyn

H. Moore, 54, was pronounced dead at the scene,

said Fayette County Coroner C.J. Mowell. Her

vehicle, a Jeep Cherokee, overturned several

times after the collision, according to a report

from the Fayette County Sheriff's Department.

Investigators

don't believe that alcohol or drugs played a role

in the crash, which occurred after 6 p.m.

The

other vehicle, driven by Charlotte Ayala Jiricek,

41, of Fayetteville, crossed the center line of

the highway after running off the shoulder of the

road, the report stated. Jiricek's Volvo struck

Moore's Jeep in the left rear, causing both

vehicles to overturn, the report adds.

Jiricek

and her two daughters were taken to Fayette

Community Hospital with minor injuries. Martha

Hicks, 76, a passenger in Moore's car, was flown

to Atlanta Medical Center with minor injuries.

Neither

Moore nor Hicks wore a seatbelt at the time of

the accident, the report states. All three

occupants of Jiricek's vehicle were wearing their

safety equipment, the report added.

As

customary with all fatal auto accidents, samples

were taken for drug and alcohol testing. The

samples will be analyzed at the Georgia state

crime lab.

The

investigation into the accident is ongoing,

police said.

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