One person was killed Thursday in a crash in Forsyth County, according to the sheriff’s office.

Angela Hernandez, 28, was traveling north on Dahlonega Highway near Johnson Drive in a 2006 Ford Focus, sheriff’s spokesman Cpl. Doug Rainwater said Friday in a news release.

The Ford Focus ran off the roadway and continued through a yard before coming to a stop at a concrete barrier. Sheriff’s deputies and firefighters responded to the scene about 10:50 a.m.

Hernandez was pronounced dead on the scene. No other vehicles were involved in the crash, which remains under investigation.

In other news:

This week, the Atlanta City Council voted to make Baker Street -- located between Centennial Olympic Park Drive and??Piedmont Avenue -- a two-way street. It?€™s currently a one-way street.??

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