McDuffie County, GA

McDuffie County Coroner Rusha Mack says 56 year old James Blackmon was killed when he crashed his truck on Mt. Pleasant Road Monday evening. The accident happened just past Mount Pleasant Baptist Church.

The Georgia State Patrols says Blackmon was headed South bound on the road when he swerved off the left shoulder, over corrected, then slammed into an embankment. That’s when his Toyota Tacomma pick-up rolled over.

The coroner says Blackmon died of blunt force trama. It does not appear that he was wearing a seatbelt.