Officers Extend Investigation of Fiery Crash

Two people were killed late Sunday night, Sept. 2, in a collision on Henderson Mill Road, east of County Line Road, off Hwy. 11 north.

Kati Womack, 21, of Oxford, driving a Jeep Cherokee, was traveling west on Henderson Mill Road, towards Hwy. 36, according to a report by the Georgia State Patrol.

At the same time, Trinity Campbell, 39, of Monticello, was traveling east on Henderson Mill Road, headed toward Hwy. 11 in a 1993 Buick LeSabre, troopers determined.

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Apparently Mr. Campbell lost control of his vehicle in the curve, and began to fishtail. His car went sideways into the oncoming lane, with the driver’s side facing east in the path of Ms. Womack’s car, according to the report from Georgia State Patrol trooper Tom Bailey.

The two cars hit in the westbound lane of the road, and both vehicles apparently erupted into flames on impact, Trooper Bailey said. The fire stopped traffic in both directions, as the vehicles took up virtually all of the paved road.

Trooper Bailey’s preliminary investigation painted a very different scenario, which was reported in the September 6, print edition of The Monticello News. Trooper Bailey said that after his initial report, he decided a more thorough investigation was needed, and returned to the scene with a co-worker.

They then determined that Ms. Womack had indeed been headed in the direction of her home in Oxford, while Mr. Campbell was headed towards Monticello. That investigation took place late Wednesday afternoon.

To further confirm exactly what happened, Trooper Bailey along with members of the Specialized Collision Reconstruction Team (SCRT) and others revisited the site Thursday. Their findings were identical to the Wednesday afternoon findings described above.

The accident was called in at 11:19 p.m. the night of the accident.