A wrecker Saturday hauls away the car involved in a fatal accident on Griffin Road. Georgia State Patrol officials Sunday confirmed the death of Victoria Quinn, 19, of Cartersville. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
According to traffic on the police scanner, witnesses reported a woman's black Honda Civic overturned, ejecting the woman before coming to rest on top of her. At 4:36 p.m., authorities reported on the police scanner a confirmation of the death.
Bartow County Fire Department officials confirmed the woman was ejected, but could not say where the car came to rest, in the crash on Griffin Road just before Aspen Drive.
At press time, troopers had not released the woman's identity or any further information on the accident.
Witness: Man 'went crazy' with knife
The alleged victim in a Friday family violence incident reported another man "jumped up and came at him with the knife in his right hand," according to a Bartow County Sheriff's Office incident report.
Deputies were called to the home at 5771 Glade Road in Acworth around 10:30 p.m. and say Charles Michael Ray, 31, of that address, came out of the front door with the knife in his hand.
The alleged victim said Ray lifted the hand containing the knife and came down, but hit the top of the alleged victim's shoulder with his forearm. Ray was arrested and charged with simple assault under the Family Violence Act.
Mobile home blaze displaces family
Bartow firefighters responded to a mobile home blaze around 10:43 a.m. Saturday. What caused the fire at the same address listed above, 5771 Glade Road, Acworth, was undetermined at press time.
The home was a total loss, and local Red Cross volunteers were called in to assist the family. No one was injured.