Macon woman killed in crash less than a mile away from home

A Macon woman was killed Wednesday afternoon in a head-on crash less than a mile from her home.

Amanda Malphurs, 47, was at the wheel of a white Jeep Cherokee headed southbound on Ocmulgee East Boulevard about 2 p.m. when she reportedly crossed the yellow center line, colliding with an orange dump truck traveling northbound, the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.

Malphurs died at the scene near East Macon Park, not far from her home in the 4000 block, Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones said. The truck driver, 52-year-old Melissa Scott, of Milledgeville, was OK.

Ocmulgee East Boulevard was shut down between the airport and Riggins Mill Road while fatality investigators marked tire skid tracks near the wreckage and removed Malphurs’ body.

The crash is still being investigated.

This story was originally published August 15, 2018 at 3:31 PM.