Barrow County authorities have identified the two drivers killed Tuesday morning in a head-on crash.
According to Capt. Ryan Sears, Winder resident Suleyma Diab-Oakes was driving north on Ga. 211 when, around 9 a.m., she drove off the side of the road, overcorrected and crossed over the double yellow lines into the southbound lanes. She collided with a car being driven by Braselton resident Joe Louis Wadford.
Wadford was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, which happened between Will Maynard and Mulberry roads. Diab-Oakes died at Barrow Regional Medical Center.
Exact ages for the drivers were not released, but Sears said Diab-Oakes was born in 1987 and Wadford was born in 1975.
No other details about the crash have been released.
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