A tragic roadway incident claimed the life of a 58-year-old Marietta woman on Thursday evening, as she lost control of her vehicle and succumbed to fatal injuries. The crash, occurring on Lost Mountain Road near the cross-section with Macland Woods Drive, took place around 6:46 p.m. Margaret Hamby, driving a 2002 Nissan Pathfinder which departed from the roadway for unexplained reasons, collided with a concrete drainage pipe, causing her vehicle to overturn.
Hamby was declared deceased at the crash site by the Cobb County Medical Examiner's Office, as stated in an FOX 5 Atlanta report. The Cobb County Police Department's STEP Unit, taking charge of an serious traffic investigations, is currently trying to piece together the circumstances that led to Hamby's vehicle's fatal excursion off the road.
Further details provided by Officer Aaron Wilson in a public information release described the accident's sequence: The Nissan first veered onto the southern grass shoulder, reentered the road briefly, but then strayed once more to the shoulder and made impact with the drainage pipe, flipping to a halt on its side. Following this event, Hamby was found and pronounced dead at the scene, as recounted by the Cobb County Courier.
The investigators from the STEP Unit, led by Lieutenant Lane Johnson, specialize in addressing severe traffic crashes and carry out enforcement and administrative duties related to traffic and vehicle safety. Officials encourage anyone with potential insights into the crash to come forward and contact the police department's STEP Unit at 770-499-3987 to help clarify the unknown elements contributing to this tragic occurrence.
