U-R update

MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. — An 84-year-old Baldwin County man was killed Monday morning after a kaolin dump truck slammed into the side of his pickup truck at the intersection of the new Fall Line Freeway and Stembridge Road, local and state authorities say.

Baldwin County Coroner John Gonzalez identified the victim as Stephen Miller, of Stembridge Road, Milledgeville.

Gonzalez said Chief Deputy Coroner Ken Garland pronounced Miller dead at the scene of the crash at 11:05 a.m.

The victim died from blunt force trauma, Gonzalez told The Union-Recorder.

Miller’s pickup truck was hit in the passenger’s side by a large kaolin dump truck owned by Howard Shepherd in Sandersville, authorities said.

The name of the driver of the truck was not immediately known by presstime, nor was it known whether or not he sustained any injuries in the crash.

Troopers with the Georgia State Patrol post in Milledgeville investigated the accident, but had not completed a report as of Monday afternoon.

In addition to the state patrol, the wreck is also under investigation by an officer with the Georgia Department of Motor Vehicle Compliance Division since it involved a large truck.

Deputies with the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office helped assist with traffic in the area.

The accident marked the fifth fatality on Baldwin County roads this month.

On Oct. 3, two local teens lost their lives when the car they were riding in slammed into a large sign at a business on Roberson Mill Road in Milledgeville.

Just a week ago, a local brother and sister were killed in a head-on collision that involved three vehicles on Lake Laurel Road at Lake Sinclair.