Crime & Safety
Fatal Crash Hurts Powder Springs Pair
A Hiram man died in the three-vehicle wreck Saturday night in the Dallas area.
Two Powder Springs women were injured Saturday night in a three-vehicle crash that killed a Hiram man.
Georgia State Patrol spokesman Gordy Wright said troopers from the responded to the crash at the intersection of Georgia 120 and Georgia 92 in the Dallas area about 6:50 p.m.
Killed in the crash was 74-year-old John N. Voorhees of Hiram, a passenger in a 2005 Mercury Grand Marquis that turned from eastbound Ga. 120 into the path of a westbound Chevrolet Tahoe.
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The driver of the Tahoe was Vernell Brown Martin, 35, of Powder Springs. She and a passenger, Sherrie Green, 31, also from Powder Springs, were taken to in Marietta.
The impact spun the Mercury into a Ford Taurus stopped at the traffic light southbound on Ga. 92.
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The Mercury was driven by Jackie Ann Voorhees, 73, John Voorhees’ wife. She was taken to Kennestone for treatment.
None of the injuries for those taken to Kennestone was life-threatening, Wright said.
The driver of the Taurus, James Joseph Brown, 24, of Austell, was not injured.
No charges have been filed.
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