Alabama State troopers have released the name of a woman killed in a traffic accident Saturday night in DeKalb County on Sand Mountain.

63-year-old Cathy Johnson of Georgia was killed in the wreck that happened just after 7:00 p.m. near the intersection of County Road 146 and Alabama Highway 75 in the Cartersville Community on Sand Mountain, which is just above Ider.  The hometown of the Georgia woman was not listed in reports.

There were other people hurt in the wreck that required a helicopter to come the scene.

Gerald Chapman a Cartersville fire fighter was helping the chopper land, suffered a heart attack at the scene and also had to be taken to the hospital.

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