The Georgia State Patrol on Friday released the names of a man and woman killed in a single-vehicle wreck just outside of Baldwin on December 6.
The driver was 46-year-old Douglas Clover of Rockmart, Georgia. His passenger was 61-year-old Debra Minneman, also of Rockmart. Both died when the Cadillac CTS they were traveling in went airborne and crashed onto the train tracks and a rail car at the Fieldale plant at 5282 Old Gainesville Highway.
According to the Georgia State Patrol accident report, Clover was driving east on Duncan Bridge Road/SR 384 at a high speed. He ran the stop sign at the intersection with Gainesville Highway/US 123.
The vehicle crossed over the north and southbound lanes of the highway and then ran off the east shoulder of the road. The vehicle traveled onto Fieldale property, where it struck a curb and went airborne.
“The Cadillac traveled approximately 30 feet in the air before hitting the railroad track with a nose drive,” the report states. The Cadillac came to rest against a railroad car parked on the train track.
Clover and Minneman both died at the scene.
The state patrol’s Specialized Collision Reconstruction Team assisted troopers from Toccoa with their investigation.
