By JOHN MUNFORD
jmunford@TheCitizenNews.com

A Fairburn woman was killed Friday evening in a two-car accident on Ga. Highway 92 North near Hickory Road.

It was the third traffic fatality this year in unincorporated Fayette County.

Carolyn H. Moore, 54, was pronounced dead at the scene, said Fayette County Coroner C.J. Mowell. Her vehicle, a Jeep Cherokee, overturned several times after the collision, according to a report from the Fayette County Sheriff's Department.

Investigators don't believe that alcohol or drugs played a role in the crash, which occurred after 6 p.m.

The other vehicle, driven by Charlotte Ayala Jiricek, 41, of Fayetteville, crossed the center line of the highway after running off the shoulder of the road, the report stated. Jiricek's Volvo struck Moore's Jeep in the left rear, causing both vehicles to overturn, the report adds.

Jiricek and her two daughters were taken to Fayette Community Hospital with minor injuries. Martha Hicks, 76, a passenger in Moore's car, was flown to Atlanta Medical Center with minor injuries.

Neither Moore nor Hicks wore a seatbelt at the time of the accident, the report states. All three occupants of Jiricek's vehicle were wearing their safety equipment, the report added.

As customary with all fatal auto accidents, samples were taken for drug and alcohol testing. The samples will be analyzed at the Georgia state crime lab.

The investigation into the accident is ongoing, police said.