An Amazon delivery truck driver faces a possible vehicular homicide charge following a wreck that ended in the death of a newborn.
The two-vehicle crash occurred on Danielsville Road on the evening of January 11. According to Athens-Clarke County police, an Amazon delivery vehicle was traveling southbound when it turned into the path of a northbound Ford Ranger.
The 24-year-old delivery truck driver, Munjae Whatley of Lawrenceville, sustained minor injuries in the crash. The driver of the Ford Ranger, 46-year-old Jerry Miller of Canon, was also taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
A passenger in the Ford Ranger, 41-year-old Helen Edwards of Canon, was pregnant. She was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. The baby was later delivered. Both mother and baby were put in intensive care.
Police say the baby died two days later.
“The case is now being worked as a homicide by vehicle,” says ACCPD Public Information Officer Geof Gilland.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact ACCPD Senior Police Officer Dustin Tilley at [email protected] or 762-400-7355.
This is the first traffic-related fatality in Athens-Clarke County this year.
This article was written using assistive AI technology
