Deborah Ann Heard, 62, died following a two-vehicle head-on collision at Ga. 72 and Ga. 17 in Elbert County, Georgia
Impairment suspected in fatal Elbert County wreck
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.
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