A DROWNING AND A TRAFFIC DEATH WED. IN UPSON CO.

UPSON COUNTY SHERIFF DAN KILGORE REPORTS A DROWNING AND A TRAFFIC DEATH WEDNESDAY.

ON PALLET MILL ROAD AROUND 4;30PM DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO A MAN FACE DOWN IN A POND. ROBERT PAUL COX, 59 OF 68 PALLET MILL ROAD WAS PROUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. WITNESSES SAID HE HAD BEEN SWIMMING IN THE POND. THE BODY WAS BEEN SENT TO THE GBI CRIME LAB TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF DEATH.

ON DELRAY ROAD NEAR ROCKY BOTTOM ROAD WEDNESDAY AROUND 6;30PM, FREDDIE CRANE, AGE 59 OF UPSON COUNTY WAS KILLED WHEN HIS 1987 TOYOTA TRUCK CROSSED OVER THE CENTER LINE AND STRUCK A 2011 NISSAN.

THE NISSAN WAS DRIVEN BY A 36 YEAR OLD FEMALE AND HER THREE CHILDREN WERE PASSENGERS. OCCUPANTS OF THE NISSAN HAD MINOR INJURIES AND WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE E.R. BY EMS. THE GA. STATE PATROL IS INVESTIGATING THE ACCIDENT.