3-year-old ejected, killed in crash near Hartley Bridge Road in Macon

A fatal crash just north of Hartley Bridge Road in Macon has killed a 3-year-old boy who was ejected from a vehicle.

At 2 p.m. Sunday, a 29-year-old man from Dothan, Alabama, lost control of a Pontiac G6 at the Interstate 475 split near Hartley Bridge Road, the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office said.

The vehicle hit a guardrail on the on-ramp and overturned, ejecting a 3-year-old boy and a 4-year-old boy.

The 3-year-old was pronounced dead at Navicent Medical Center. The 4-year-old is in stable condition along with the driver and their mother, a 31-year-old Macon woman, who was also in the vehicle.

The roadway was closed for a brief time while the crash was cleared, but it is back open.

Anyone with more information is urged to contact the Bibb Sheriff’s Office at 478-751-7500.