Crime & Safety
1 Killed in Cartersville Teen's Crash
The 19-year-old driver ran off Bells Ferry Road and hit a utility pole and an embankment.
A man from White was killed early today when a car driven by a Cartersville teenager crashed.
Deltisha Moore, 19, was driving a 2001 Infiniti I30 north on Bells Ferry Road about two miles north of Georgia Highway 20 around 1:05 a.m. when the car ran onto the right shoulder, spokesman Gordy Wright said.
The Infiniti hit a utility pole and an embankment.
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Moore’s passenger, Lee Ingram Chung, 25, was thrown from the car when it hit the utility pole, and he also slammed into the pole, Wright said.
Chung was not wearing a seat belt, according to the state trooper's report. Moore did wear her seat belt and benefited from an air bag deploying.
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Chung was taken to Floyd Medical Center in Rome and then to Erlanger in Chattanooga, where he died. Wright said the Georgia State Patrol was notified of his death about 5:30 a.m.
No charges have been filed against Moore, who was taken to to be checked out and treated for any injuries.
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