Two people were fatally injured an an auto accident taking place Monday morning in Chattooga County, Georgia. 

Sheriff Mark Schrader confirmed that afternoon, that two-vehicles had been involved in that wreck, with two people dying as a result of their injuries and two others being taken for treatment – one by helicopter to an area trauma center and another by EMS ground unit to a Rome-area hospital  That wreck closed down a stretch of the Trion-Teloga Road for an extended period of time.

The names of the deceased are being withheld until family members can be notified.

(WZQZ Chattooga County Radio)