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Covington man killed in Wed. accident
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Updated: Jan 10, 2013, 4:30 AM
Published: Jan 10, 2013, 4:29 AM

One man has been killed in the accident that blocked traffic on Clark and West streets around 4:20 p.m. Wednesday.

According to an email from Georgia State Patrol spokesman Gordy Wright, 44-year-old Johnny Delmar of Covington was killed.

Delmar was operating a 1998 Kawasaki ZXE motorcycle northbound on West Street approaching Clark Street. A 2010 Dodge Caliber being driven by Irene Stanford, age 65, from Covington was on West Street at Clark facing south. The driver of the Dodge began to turn left and stopped partially in the northbound lane of West Street after seeing the motorcycle approaching at a high rate of speed. The motorcycle and the Dodge never made contact.

Delmar was transported to Newton Medical Center and later flown to Atlanta Medical Center where he succumbed to his injuries. Stanford was not injured. The posted speed limit there is 35 miles per hour. The Specialized Collision Reconstruction Team is conducting the follow-up investigation.
April 3 crash kills two young adults, injures third
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Kate Verity
Published: Apr 4, 2025, 10:29 PM

NEWTON COUNTY — Around 10 a.m. on Thursday, a head-on collision on Highway 212 left two young adults dead and a third hospitalized.

Joe Navarro, 21, was driving the vehicle and Breanna Smith, 18, was in the passenger seat. Katie New, 20, sat between them.

According to the Newton County Sheriff’s Office, the vehicle lost control while going around a curve and crossed the centerline, where it collided head-on with a box truck. The crash report shows that their vehicle traveled another hundred feet after impact before coming to a stop. It spun, ended up facing the opposite direction on the shoulder of the opposite lane.

Navarro and Smith were pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. New was airlifted to Grady Hospital. Her current condition is not known. 

Navarro, Smith and New were not believed to be wearing seatbelts when the collision occurred.

The driver of the box truck was not reported to have suffered any injuries.

This is an ongoing story. The News will post updates as they are made available.