One person was killed and two others injured in a Saturday afternoon crash in DeKalb County.

That accident took place at 5:15pm about five miles north of Ider on Highway 75, and involved a 1997 Ford Taurus being driven by 21 year old Ider resident Caleb Levon Black, and according to reports , another Ford Taurus, driven by 59 year old Brenda Dean Ellis, of a Lookout Mountain, Georgia address.

Both drivers were listed as receiving injuries in the wreck and a passenger in the Ellis vehicle, 83 year old Cathy Marie Johnson of Rossville, Georgia was fatally injured. Both Black and Ellis were transported to Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga for treatment; however, no additional information was available regarding the extent of their injuries.

The cause of that accident remains under investigation by Alabama State Troopers.