Two Die in Car Crash Monday in Hart County

Two people from Royston have died as the result of a car crash Monday.

According to SGT J.R. Dean with the Georgia State Patrol Hartwell Post, it happened Monday afternoon on Georgia Highway 8 near Seed Cleaner Road in Hart County.

Dean tells WLHR News at approximately 12:23 Monday afternoon Troopers responded to a single-vehicle crash with a report of two fatalities.

A black 2017 Chevrolet Spark was traveling westbound on GA 8 when it traveled off the north shoulder of the highway and struck a ditch.

The Chevy Spark subsequently overturned multiple times off the north shoulder of GA 8 and came to an uncontrolled final rest on its top, facing southbound.

The driver, identified as 81-year-old Frances White Morrison, and the passenger, identified as 66-year-old James Richard White, were both pronounced deceased at the crash scene.

Dean said neither occupant was wearing their seatbelt.