One person is dead and another is injured after a Friday afternoon crash on East Brainerd Road, according to the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office.
Officials responded at around 4 p.m. to a crash involving two vehicles in the 9800 block of East Brainerd Road. It was determined an SUV went off the road, overcorrected, went back into oncoming traffic and struck a vehicle heading in the opposite direction, a news release states.
The driver of the SUV was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the vehicle that was hit sustained injuries and was taken to a hospital for treatment.
The incident is under investigation.
— Compiled by Kim Sebring