Silver Creek Woman Fatally Injured in Head-On Collision

A Silver Creek, Georgia woman was fatally injured in a Monday afternoon accident, on Highway 101.

Floyd County Deputy Coroner Gene Procter said that 61 year old Dorthea Farmer was behind the wheel of a Smart Car traveling south when she collided with a Chevy truck that was being driven by Rome resident Ricky Brinkley.

As a result of the crash, Farmer experienced massive chest trauma.

She was rushed to Floyd Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead at 4:39pm.

The cause of that accident remains under investigation.

(WRGA)

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