Wednesday, May 9, 2001

Head-on collision kills local woman A Fayetteville woman died after a head-on automobile wreck on Ga. Highway 85 south near Harp Road early Monday morning. Stacey Marie Plues, 24, was traveling south when her 1991 Honda Accord crossed the center line and struck a pickup truck head-on at approximately 5:30 a.m., said Maj. Wayne Hannah of the Fayette County Sheriff's Department. Plues died later at Grady Memorial Hospital after she was flown there by a medical helicopter, Hannah added. The driver of the truck, Janice Haynie Strickland, 61, of Fayetteville, was transported to Southern Regional Medical Center with multiple injuries, Hannah said. She was in stable condition Tuesday morning, according to a hospital spokesman. Both drivers were wearing seat belts at the time of the crash, Hannah said. Blood and alcohol tests will be performed on both drivers to determine if either was intoxicated when the wreck occurred, which is a standard procedure for fatal automobile accidents, Hannah added. This wreck represents the third traffic fatality in unincorporated Fayette County this year. What do you think of this story? Click here to send a message to the editor. Back to News Home Page | Back to the top of the page