CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga. — A Cherokee County teenager died in a single-car crash Friday morning.
The Georgia State Patrol told Channel 2 Action News Cheyenne Heard, 17, was traveling eastbound on Highway 20 when she ran off the road.
Her Chevy Silverado overturned and she was thrown from the vehicle.
Heard was a senior at Creekview High School in Canton.
Investigators said Heard was not wearing a seat belt.
A school spokeswoman said the school was making extra counselors available to assist students.
The principal will send a letter home to parents Friday.