Fatal Crash: 1 Dead, 3 Injured in Banks County

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One person was killed and three others injured in a two-vehicle crash Tuesday in Banks County.

The crash happened around 3:05 p.m. June 12 at the intersection of GA 15/US 441 and Webbs Creek Road.

The Georgia State Patrol said 67-year-old Natalie Ann Longley of Cumming was driving a Ford Escape west on Webb’s Creek. After stopping at the intersection, Longley tried to cross over US 441 to GA 164/Historic Homer Highway. Troopers say she failed to yield, and pulled into the path of a northbound Lexus driven by 44-year-old Yanett Maldonado Silva of Commerce.

After impact, the Escape overturned as the Lexus rotated counterclockwise and went into the median.

The crash injured both drivers and their passengers, identified as Linda Carol McCard, who was riding in the Escape, and Carlos Vargas in the Lexus.

Longley was trapped inside the overturned vehicle. Banks County firefighters freed her from the wreckage. Banks County EMS transported her to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, where she died from her injuries.

According to Banks County Fire Chief Steve Nichols, ambulances transported the three other patients to the hospital in stable condition.