Fatal crash on Highway 23 in Burke County

BURKE COUNTY, Ga. (WJBF) – One person is dead after a fatal crash on Highway 23 at Ben Hatcher Road.

According to the Burke County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to a motor vehicle crash with injuries at approximately 5:20 A.M. on Monday.

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According to investigators, the preliminary investigators indicated that a passenger vehicle traveling westbound on Ben Hatcher Road failed to stop at a posted stop sign and collided with the side of a tractor-trailer traveling southbound on Highway 23.

Authorities state that the driver of the passenger vehicle sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene…

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