Mary Hunta Owens, 85, killed, Joseph Yeager, 93, seriously injured, airlifted to hospital, after their car is struck by a SUV at the intersection of Green Street and Samford Avenue in Auburn.

The late afternoon sun could be to blame for a deadly Auburn crash Sunday, the Lee County Coroner said in a news release Monday. At 5:13p ct, Mary Hunta Owens, 85, of Auburn, died instantly when the vehicle she was riding in was stuck on the passenger side by an SUV, the coroner says.. The driver of the vehicle, 93-year-old Joseph Yeager, also of Auburn, was taken by helicopter to the Midtown Medical Center in Columbus. The accident happened at the intersection of Green Street and Samford Avenue. The driver of the SUV that struck the Yeager vehicle refused medical treatment at the scene. The driver of a third vehicle involved was not injured. "The late afternoon sun could have been a vision factor in the accident," the coroner said in an e-mail to. "Alcohol is not suspected to be a factor." An autopsy is not planned. The accident remains under investigation by the Auburn Police and the Lee County Coroner.