An Elberton woman died Saturday from injuries suffered in a Thursday wreck with a suspected impaired driver.
Deborah Ann Heard, 62, was driving a Ford Focus that was struck head-on by a Chevrolet pickup driven by 50-year-old David Wayne Dye of Elberton, the Georgia State Patrol said.
The wreck happened just after 8:45 a.m. on Ga. 72 at Ga. 17 when Heard’s eastbound car on Ga. 72 was struck head-on by Dye’s 2022 Chevrolet Silverado.
The truck was attempting to turn onto Ga. 17 North, failed to yield and traveled into the path of Heard’s car that was traveling east on Ga. 72, GSP said.
Dye was transported to Elbert Memorial Hospital with non-life threating injuries.
Heard died at Greenville Memorial Hospital.
Troop B Specialized Collision Reconstruction Team responded to the scene and is assisting with this crash investigation.
