The Georgia State Patrol is investigating what caused a head-on collision Monday afternoon in Bartow County that killed three Chattooga County residents.
Police are unsure what caused 57-year-old Ralph Ivie, from Summerville, to cross the centerline on Georgia State Route 140 and hit a Buick head-on, said Gordy Wright, a GSP spokesman.
Ivie was killed and the driver of the Buick, J.R. Tucker, 81, of Trion, and his 82-year-old passenger, Margaret Crews, of Griffin, Ga., in Spalding County, died on impact, Wright said. Tucker’s wife, Jean, was flown to Erlanger hospital in Chattanooga but died on the way, he said.
Officials don’t believe alcohol was involved, Wright said.