ATHENS, Ga. — Athens-Clarke County Police Department is investing its first deadly crash of the year.
Officers responded to the single-vehicle incident on Jan. 28, at about 7:35 p.m. in the 300 block of Peabody Street.
A 2018 Toyota Tundra was parked along Peabody Street while the driver, George Whittenburg, a 21-year-old UGA student from Austin, Texas, was standing outside the driver’s door.
The vehicle began rolling in reverse, hitting and rolling over Whittenburg.
The Tundra continued travelling backward, striking an empty vehicle, hitting a tree and then stopping.
Whittenburg was taken to a hospital for treatment, where he died from his injuries Jan. 30.
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