A local man who died in a head-on collision Monday morning on Ga. Highway

85 south was attempting to pass another vehicle in heavy fog, according

to police.

Michael Justin Cornelison, 21, of Fayetteville, died on the scene, said

Lt. Bryan Woodie of the Fayette County Sheriff's Office. Cornelison was

attempting to pass another vehicle when his Mustang hit a Dodge Ram pickup

head-on.

This wreck is the fourth traffic fatality recorded in Fayette County this

year.

The driver and two passengers in the truck, all from Warm Springs, were

taken to Southern Regional Medical Center with serious injuries, Woodie

said. One of the passengers was a 6-year-old boy who wasn't buckled in

properly, Woodie said.

"It occurred during a period of extremely heavy fog," said Woodie,

who judged that visibility was less than 150 feet as soon as two minutes

after the crash.

The thick fog also prevented the victims from being flown to a hospital,

Woodie said.

The youth, William J. Huff, was later flown to Children's Healthcare of

Atlanta at Egleston, where he was in fair condition Tuesday morning. The

other passenger, Billy Huff, 36, was in fair condition Tuesday morning.

The driver of the truck, Howard T. Jackson, 26, was released from the

hospital Tuesday, Woodie said.

The wreck, which occurred on Hwy. 85 south near Royal Ridge Way, is still

under investigation, Woodie noted. There is no indication that drugs or

alcohol are involved, he said, although blood tests were routinely taken

from both drivers and submitted for analysis.

The vehicles were towed to Fayette Wrecking, where they were examined

The crash separated the truck from another truck it was pulling on a trailer,

Woodie said.