Cleveland man killed in Hall County wreck

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A man from Cleveland was killed and his passenger was injured in a traffic accident in East Hall County.

The single-vehicle crash was reported around 8:30 p.m. Thursday on Lula Road near Julian Wiley Road.

Traffic investigators with the Hall County Sheriff’s Office determined the driver of a 2003 Chevrolet Cavalier was traveling northbound in a curve on Lula Road when the vehicle left the roadway. Investigators say the driver overcorrected and then lost control of the car. The vehicle rolled onto its roof and into a tree.

The driver, David Lendon Brooks, 62, of Cleveland, died as a result of injuries he suffered in the crash.

A passenger in the vehicle, Kenneth Lamar Prophet, 32, of Cleveland, sustained non-life-threatening injuries.