One person was killed and another injured on Thursday afternoon when a sports utility vehicle traveled off a highway and overturned ejecting both occupants.
The accident, just before 4 pm Thursday, happened on the westbound Highway 36 off-ramp to Highway 63 at Macon.
Pronounced dead at Samaritan Hospital was the driver, 73 year old David Russell of Macon. Taken to the same hospital was a passenger, 44 year old, Melanie Boone also of Macon. The patrol listed her with serious injuries.
Neither occupant was using a seat belt and the vehicle, a 2000 Chevrolet Tahoe, was demolished.
