For the second time in less than a month, a pedestrian has been struck and killed on a Habersham County road.
The Georgia State Patrol says Crystal Ann Thomas, 37, of Alto, was walking south on the Level Grove northbound exit ramp when she “ran into traffic as a northbound vehicle entered the ramp.”
A Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck struck and fatally injured Thomas. The driver, Claudia Mora Villalobos of Alto, was not injured in the collision. State troopers did not file any charges against her.
Habersham County E-911 dispatched emergency personnel and law enforcement to the scene at 6:09 p.m. on Wednesday, September 13.
Three pedestrian collisions in August
Wednesday’s fatality comes on the heels of three pedestrian accidents in the county last month.
On August 10, a van struck Mark Shepard of Marietta on GA 385 at Midway Crossing in Cornelia. Less than a week later, on August 16, a pickup truck hit Stephen Mizell of Lula on GA 197 south of Clarkesville.
In a mysterious crash that has still not been solved, a hit-and-run driver struck and killed Robert Reeves of Clarkesville on August 18 as Reeves walked alongside his bike on Highway 17.
Authorities are still searching for the hit-and-run driver.
