Man crashes into treeMan, 52, killed when car hits tree Whitfield County, Ga.
DALTON, Ga. – A man has died after crashing his car into a tree in Whitfield County, Ga.
Investigators believe 52-year-old Olen Roberts of Chatsworth experienced some sort of medical emergency that caused the crash.
Shortly before 4:30 a.m. Tuesday, 911 dispatchers received a report that Roberts was trying to drive to Hamilton Medical Center with chest pains and alerted officers to look out for his red Honda Civic, according to a news release from Dalton police.
At 5:07 a.m., a witness reported seeing a vehicle matching the Civic’s description leave the roadway on North Dalton Bypass and strike a tree. The witness told investigators that the driver didn’t hit the brakes or try to veer back onto the road before hitting the tree.
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