84-year-old Middle Georgia woman dies of injuries from car crash near I-475 in Macon

An 84-year-old Peach County woman died Tuesday of injuries she sustained in a two-car wreck on Eisenhower Parkway in west Macon on Sunday, officials said.

The woman, Tilda Wilson, of Byron, was critically injured when the Chevy Cobalt she was driving was struck by a Ford Mustang at the Interstate 475 interchange near Middle Georgia State University, Bibb County sheriff’s officials said in a statement.

The crash happened at about 2 p.m. as Wilson was making a left turn across Eisenhower’s westbound lanes to head onto the freeway’s northbound on-ramp. A Fort Valley man, 35, at the wheel of the Mustang, was headed west on Eisenhower when the cars collided. He suffered what were described as “minor injuries.”

The wreck was said to be under investigation on Tuesday and that no charges had been filed.

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.