Accident With Fatality Saturday In Gore Area

Update:

The Georgia State Patrol Post in Rome says that a man lost his life on Saturday afternoon after a single-vehicle accident on Highway 27 near Scott Hill Road. 

A trooper responded to the scene of the accident at 12:37pm.

That vehicle left the roadway on Highway 27 inside a curve, and it struck a culvert; the impact caused the vehicle to vault over a driveway and then strike a ditch; the impact caused the vehicle to overturn on its left side. 

The driver was unresponsive as troopers arrived on the scene,  and was taken to Atrium Health Floyd in Rome – where he died from his injuries. 

The driver was identified as 64 year-old Richard Bevans. 

(AM1180 Chattooga County Radio)