Fatal Wreck Saturday in Cornelia

In Habersham County, the Georgia State Patrol continues to investigate a fatal wreck over the weekend that killed a woman and injured her passenger.  It happened about noon Saturday on  Georgia Highway 385 near the U.S. 441 South exit in Cornelia.

Authorities say 78-year old Eunice Ferguson’s 1992 Buick was traveling southbound when it ran off the road and hit a guardrail.  Ferguson died at the scene.

Her passenger, identified as 60-year old Opal Shook, was injured and taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital.

Both women were from Alto.