Fayette woman charged in fatal August crash

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Fayette woman charged in fatal August crash

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A local woman

has been charged with misdemeanor vehicular homicide relating to an accident

that occurred Aug. 11 on Ga. Highway 92 North near Hickory Road.

Charlotte Ayala

Jiricek, 41, of Fayetteville was also charged with failure to maintain

lane. She turned herself in to authorities last week and was released

on $1,060 bond.

According to

the warrant filed for her arrest, Jiricek unintentionally crossed the

center line.

The accident

occurred on Aug. 11 just after 6 p.m. when Jiricek's vehicle crossed the

center line and struck a Jeep Cherokee driven by Carolyn H. Moore, 54,

of the Fairburn area, according to an accident report filed by the Fayette

County Sheriff's Department.

Both vehicles

overturned after the collision, according to the accident report. Prior

to the wreck, Jiricek's vehicle had left the shoulder of the road, the

report states.

Moore was pronounced

dead at the scene. She was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the accident,

according to the report.

Other passengers

in both cars survived the crash. 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.

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