A 57-year-old Douglasville woman was killed and four others including a toddler were injured Wednesday afternoon in a head-on collision in Douglas County, authorities said.
Ivery I. Mattox Parks died in the wreck about 5 p.m. in the 3200 block of Bankhead Highway (U.S. 78), west of Burnt Hickory Road, according to Gordy Wright, spokesman for the Georgia State Patrol. Parks was driving a Ford Focus that was hit head-on by a 2005 Chevrolet Malibu.
The Malibu, driven by Theo Roberts, 23, of Mableton, was heading east on Bankhead when it crossed the centerline, sideswiped a Ford pickup truck and crashed into the Ford, Wright said. Roberts was taken to Wellstar Douglas Hospital in Douglasville.
Charges against Roberts were pending the completion of an investigation by the GSP Specialized Reconstruction Team, Wright said.
Two adults and a child in Parks’ car also were injured.
A 19-month-old, Akyeryah Mattox, of Mableton, was taken to Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite, Wright said. Esther Ruth Mattox, 35, also of Mableton, was flown by helicopter to Atlanta Medical Center.
The relationship between the two and to Ivery Mattox Parks was not immediately available.
A third passenger, Tynesha Marshay Chatman, 18, of Mableton went to Wellstar Douglas, where she was treated and released.
The driver of the pickup truck was not injured.
About the Author
