Peach County teen killed when car slams into guardrail on I-75 near Byron

A Fort Valley teenager died Sunday night after her car slammed into a guardrail on Interstate 75 in Peach County, officials said.

Isabella Marie Alonzo, 18, was heading north in the area of the White Road overpass about a mile south of the main Byron exit when she apparently lost control of the 2008 Honda Civic she was driving, the Georgia State Patrol said in a statement.

The crash happened about 5:20 p.m.

Alonzo was pronounced dead at a Macon hospital shortly before 10 p.m., Peach Coroner Kerry Rooks said.

The state patrol said Alonzo’s Honda, which had been traveling in the freeway’s right lane, struck a guardrail in its driver’s side door.

No one else was riding in the car, Rooks said.

Joe Kovac Jr.

The Telegraph

Joe Kovac Jr. writes about local news and features for The Telegraph, with an eye for human-interest stories. Joe is a Warner Robins native and graduate of Warner Robins High. He joined the Telegraph in 1991 after graduating from the University of Georgia. As a Pulliam Fellowship recipient in 1991, Joe worked for the Indianapolis News. His stories have appeared in the Washington Post, the Seattle Times and Atlanta Magazine. He has been a Livingston Award finalist and won numerous Georgia Press Association and Georgia Associated Press awards.