MHS
senior dies in head-on collision Monday morning
By JOHN MUNFORD
jmunford@TheCitizenNews.com
A senior at McIntosh High School died Monday morning after her car
collided head-on with a truck on Ga. Highway 16 in Coweta County, deputies
said. Kashia
Keierleber, 18, of 2009 Bethlehem Church Road, Grantville, was pronounced
dead at the scene, said Dep. Glenn Hand of the Coweta County
SheriffÕs
Department, who was the lead investigator of the crash.
Keierleber's car, a Saturn, crossed the center line moments before
the collision as she negotiated a curve on the highway near Tope Road,
Hand said. It is not known why her car crossed the center line, but it
was seven feet across the line when the collision occurred, Hand said.
Keierleber was wearing her seat belt when the crash happened, Hand added.
Keierleber was heading east on the roadway when the collision occurred
with a Ford F-350 driven by William Holder Jr., 29, of 403 Biggs Blvd.
Warner Robins.
It was raining at the time of the crash, which may have contributed to
the accident along with Keierleber's lack of driving experience,
Hand said. The girl had only been a licensed driver for two months, the
deputy noted.
"
Any death like this is tragic," Hand said. "But it's
especially tragic when it happens to someone with their whole life ahead
of them."
The truck, which rolled over once after the collision, is owned by S&W
Excavating of Warner Robins and Holder was driving a crew from Warner
Robins to a work site in Carrollton, Hand said. None of the persons in
that vehicle
suffered life-threatening injuries. |
