ONE DEAD IN TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN FLOYD CO.
JOEY WEAVER
08-31-2010
A driver is dead and another hospitalized following a two-vehicle wreck at Old Calhoun Road and Georgia Loop One Friday morning. According to Corporal M.C.
Chewning with the Floyd County Police Department, a Ford Thunderbird turned left into the path of an oncoming Toyota Yaris. The driver of the Yaris, 72-year old Huey Long of Rome, was pronounced dead Friday afternoon.
Corporal Chewning says the driver of the Ford will be charged with failure to yield and other charges may be pending as the investigation continues.
Rome Police and Georgia State Troopers assisted Floyd County Police in working the accident that closed the westbound lanes of the loop for more than an hour.
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