Two fatalities in tragic Climax accident
Published 12:43 pm Wednesday, October 22, 2014
A vehicle accident on Highway 84 resulted in two fatalities at approximately 7:30 a.m. Wednesday.
Heather Barlow, 35, was pulling out of Bert Phillips Road in Climax when a tractor-trailer struck her car on the passenger’s side.
Barlow and her 10-year-old daughter, who occupied the passenger seat, passed away at the scene of the accident, according to Georgia State Patrol Assistant Post Commander Corporal Jones.
Barlow’s 5-year-old daughter was occupying a child’s seat in the backseat of the car at the time of the accident. She was injured and flown to Tallahassee Memorial Hospital.
The driver of the tractor-trailer was not injured and was released at the scene of the accident, Jones said.
More information will be released as it becomes available.