“Strange” and tragic. That’s how one first responder describes the recent death of a Baldwin woman who was killed in an automobile crash in her front yard.
On Sunday evening, June 1, emergency crews responded to the home of Cynthia Deckner Humphry at 1312 Highway 198 in Banks County after receiving reports of a vehicle accident with injuries. When first responders arrived, they found a 2017 Kia Forte down an embankment in front of Humphry’s home.
Firefighters extricated the 70-year-old woman from the car. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Banks County Fire Chief Steve Nichols says the accident occurred earlier that day.
Georgia state troopers investigated the wreck. They determined Humphry was traveling down her driveway when she attempted to avoid a closed gate by veering off to the right. The vehicle struck a telephone pole, then crossed back over the driveway and went approximately 50 feet down an embankment.
Personnel from the Banks County Sheriff’s Office, EMS, and Banks County Coroner’s Office assisted at the scene.
