Charlton County sheriff's deputy killed in one-car traffic accident

FOLKSTON - A 23-year-old Charlton County sheriff&#39;s deputy was killed Monday in a one-car traffic accident. <br> <br> Deputy Adam Reid Fleshner, who had been with the Charlton County Sheriff&#39;s Office for five years, was on his way to a crime scene in St. George, near the Florida line, to back up other deputies. <br> <br> Fleshner lost control of his patrol car inside the city limits of Folkston and crashed into a tree, said Ginger Herrin, an operator for the Georgia State Patrol post in Waycross. <br> <br> Fleshner, who lived in Folkston, was declared dead at the scene. <br> <br> There were initial reports that another car swerved in front of Fleshner&#39;s car and caused the accident, but Herrin said no other vehicles were involved in the crash.