Royston driver killed in head-on collision

(NowHabersham.com)

A head-on collision in Franklin County left one person dead and another hospitalized with serious injuries.

Mary Ann Baker of Royston died in the wreck Wednesday morning on Hale Crossing Road west of Royston.

State troopers say the 49-year-old Baker was driving a Dodge Ram 1500 west on Hale Crossing Road. The truck crossed the centerline in a curve and struck an eastbound Nissan Pathfinder driven by 40-year-old Megan McGarity of Royston.

Baker was pronounced dead at the scene.

An ambulance transported McGarity to Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital in Athens for treatment.