A single-vehicle crash in White County Tuesday afternoon claimed the life of a Rockmart man. The Georgia State Patrol has identified him as 22-year-old Harvey Mason Lawrence Leahey.
Troopers say Leahey was driving a Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck south on GA 384/Duncan Bridge Road when he ran off the road and struck a guardrail. After impact, the driver lost control of the vehicle, crossed over the northbound lanes, and struck the guardrail on the east shoulder of the road.
“After the secondary impact, the driver was ejected from the vehicle where he came to a final rest on the northbound lane of State Route 384,” says Corporal Joseph Tucker of Georgia State Patrol Post 6 in Gainesville.
After Leahey was thrown from the truck, the vehicle kept traveling. It crossed the south and northbound lanes again, striking the guardrail on both sides of the road. The truck came to a final rest on the east shoulder of the roadway.
This is the second fatal wreck in White County in two weeks. Diane Roach, of Alto, died on February 3 in a single-vehicle crash on Webster Lake Road.
