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Athens Woman Dies Due to Injuries from Car Crash

An Athens woman has died from injuries she sustained in a car crash. According to a police report from the Athens-Clarke County Police Department, 50-year old Sandra Kelley died Tuesday, March 1, 2022 after being in a one-vehicle wreck on February, 27, 2022.

Police say Kelley was driving her Ford Explorer west on Atlanta Highway at approximately 10:48 am, when the vehicle left the road, struck an embankment and overturned. Kelley was taken to an area hospital. Five other passengers in the vehicle were not injured.

Anybody with information about the crash is asked to contact Sergeant Michael Wood at 762-400-7087 or via email at michael.wood@accgov.com.

This is the second fatal motor vehicle crash of 2022 in Athens-Clarke County.

Alexia Ridley joined WUGA as Television and Radio News Anchor and Reporter in 2013. When WUGA TV concluded operations, she became the primary Reporter for WUGA Radio. Alexia came to Athens from Macon where she served as the News Director and show host for WGXA TV. She's a career journalist and Savannah native hailing from the University of Michigan. However, Alexia considers herself an honorary UGA DAWG!