Hiram Man Dies After I-75 Crash

Cobb County Police Department officials Monday identified the driver in a fatal crash that happened on Interstate 75 Sunday.

According to a CCPD news release, 32-year-old Michael York of Hiram was the driver of a yellow 2001 Ford Mustang going north on I-75 north of Hickory Grove Road. The vehicle, for reasons not yet known to CCPD Selective Traffic Enforcement Program Unit investigators, left the roadway, went down an embankment and collided with a tree in the center median.

York died as a result of his injuries, while a passenger in his car, Hysie Allen of Douglasville, sustained non-life threatening injuries, according to authorities. Allen was taken by air ambulance to Grady Memorial Hospital.

Anyone with information that may aid investigators with this case is asked to call 770-499-3987.