Fatal Wreck Reported in Bartow County

May 14th, 2022 – 1:20 pm

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(Via WBHF Radio) Forty-nine-year-old, Travis Michael Woods of Cartersville was fatally wounded in an accident that occurred at the intersection of Burnt Hickory and Mission Roads. 

According to Georgia State Patrol reports, the accident occurred May 12, 2022, at 10:55 p.m.  A silver Saturn SUV and a white Ford Transit van were involved in a previous crash on Burnt Hickory Road, where both came to a stop in the northbound turn lane. 

Woods, the driver of the white Ford van exited the vehicle and walked towards the Saturn.  While walking in the roadway, the Woods, now a pedestrian, was struck by a Ford Econoline van and again by a green Toyota Tacoma, both of which were traveling south on Burnt Hickory Road. 

The pedestrian, Travis Woods was pronounced deceased on the scene

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