Crime & Safety
Race Down I-75 Near Cartersville Leads To Driver's Death: State Patrol
The driver of a Kia Forte that a witness described as "weaving in and out of traffic" Sunday on I-75 lost control and struck a tree.
CARTERSVILLE, GA — What one witness described as a race down Interstate 75 in Bartow County Sunday afternoon resulted in a driver’s death when his car hit a tree.
A Kia Forte driven by Charles Bryan Hair, 29, of Newport, Tennessee, left I-75 near mile marker 305 at about 5:30 p.m. Sunday, according to the Georgia State Patrol. The Kia then “traveled approximately 465 feet” before it struck a tree head-on.
A witness told GSP investigators that he saw the Kia and a dark-colored sedan apparently “racing” south on I-75. According to the witness, the Kia was weaving in and out of traffic to pass other vehicles when it veered off the road and its driver lost control.
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“No tire marks were observed in the roadway,” according to the GSP report.
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