A Summerville woman was killed in a traffic accident just after 4 p.m. last Thursday. According to the report by the Georgia State Patrol, Jonan Hamrick Ivie was trapped in and extricated from the 2001 Volkswagon Beetle she was driving. The 79-year-old Ivie, of Brock Road, Summerville died from injuries to the chest area. She was transported by Redmond EMS to Redmond Regional Medical Center.

According to the report, Ivie was traveling east on Klatt Boulevard and was trying to turn onto Georgia 1 (Highway 27) from the right turn lane of Klatt Boulevard by Walmart. Timothy Ballard, of Bitings Avenue, Summerville, was traveling south on Georgia 1 in the left lane. Ivie reportedly failed to yield the right of way and made an improper left turn which caused the front of Ballard's 1997 Ford Explorer to strike the driver's side door of the vehicle Ivie was driving.

After impact both vehicles together continued south across both lanes of traffic, traveling 69 feet before separating. According to the report, 27-year-old Ballard was not injured. 

The Georgia State Patrol in Rome released the report on the accident on Tuesday.