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Woman killed in crash on I-75 in Macon Friday identified by county coroner

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A woman driving a Toyota died after her vehicle flipped on I-75 between Forsyth Street and the I-16/I-75 split in Macon Friday afternoon.

Clarita Blackshear, 21 of Warner Robins, was driving in the northbound lane when she reportedly lost control of her 2001 Toyota 4Runner, crashed into the median and flipped around 3:15 p.m. She was pronounced dead at the scene by Bibb County coroner Leon Jones, who said Blackshear was nine months pregnant.

No one else was injured in the accident, according to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office.

This story was originally published July 2, 2021 at 3:44 PM.

Caleb Slinkard
The Telegraph
Caleb Slinkard is the Georgia Editor for McClatchy, running the Macon Telegraph and Columbus Ledger-Enquirer newsrooms. Previously, he led newsrooms for the El Dorado (Ark.) News-Times, the Norman (Okla.) Transcript and the Greenville (Texas) Herald-Banner. He’s a graduate of Texas A&M University-Commerce and has taught journalism classes and practicums at the University of Oklahoma and Mercer University.
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