Victims Names Released in Fatal Northwest Georgia Auto Accident

UPDATE

The names of the two people fatally injured in a two-vehicle collision, taking place on Monday morning in Chattooga County in northwest Georgia, have now been released.

Georgia State Patrol units responded to that crash on the Trion-Teloga Road just east of Bankey Farm Road at 11:42am; according to that report, a 2000 Honda Accord had been traveling east on Trion-Teloga Road, then crossed the center line, striking a 2002 Chevrolet 2500 pickup, going in the opposite direction.  Following impact, the pickup left the roadway, went down an embankment, then overturned.  The driver had to be ait-lifted to Erlanger Medical Center and was listed in critical condition; meanwhile a female passenger in that truck was taken by ambulance to the Atrium Medical Center in Rome, listed in stable condition.

Both the female driver, and male passenger, in the Honda Accord – were pronounced dead at the scene; Chattooga County Coroner Earle Rainwater identified the two as 25 year old Morgan Craig and 41 year old Tony McCann.

That wreck remains under investigation by Post 38 of the Georgia State Patrol.

(WZQZ Chattooga County Radio)

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