Crime & Safety

Update: Thursday Crash Killed Dallas Woman

The driver of one of the vehicles involved in the afternoon crash on Villa Rica Highway has died, the Georgia State Patrol reports.

Authorities Friday morning reported that for about two hours left one dead and seven others injured.

Georgia State Patrol spokesman Gordy Wright told Dallas-Hiram Patch that 69-year-old Janie Ruth Fournier from Dallas was killed in the wreck. She was driving a 2005 Chevrolet Malibu south when she crossed the center line and hit a northbound 2007 GMC Yukon that was pulling a boat. Β The Yukon was driven by Theodore Vozzella, 41, of Dallas.

Fournier was pronounced dead at the hospital.

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The crash happened some time before 5 p.m., as Paulding 911 announced via text message the closure of both lanes of travel near the 1200 block of Villa Rica Highway just after 5 p.m.; the announcement that both lanes had been opened back up came at 7:15 p.m.

Wright said troopers continue to work on the crash report. Dallas-Hiram Patch will bring you updates should they develop.

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