Funeral this week for Cleveland man fatally injured in Halloween wreck

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Funeral services will be held this week for a Cleveland man who died from injuries he suffered in a car wreck on Halloween.

Richard Stanley Smith, 68, passed away the day after the crash on State Route 254 in White County.

According to state troopers, Smith was driving a Ford Escape east on SR 254 near County Line Church Road around 7:58 a.m. on October 31 when he failed to maintain his lane. The vehicle ran off the side of the road, rotated, struck a ditch, and overturned multiple times.

Smith initially survived the crash. White County EMS transported him to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville where he passed away on November 1.

Memorial services for Smith are scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday, November 12, at Woodlawn Baptist Church in Cleveland.