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Wife dies in off-road vehicle crash in Jones County, deputies say

A woman crashed into a fallen tree and died while on an off-road vehicle with her husband in Jones County Sunday, according to the Jones County Sheriff’s Office.

They crashed while riding a “side-by-side style (utility terrain vehicle)” around 2:30 a.m. on Barron Russell Road, deputies said in a Facebook post.

“The vehicle struck a tree that had very recently fallen across the roadway,” deputies said.

Allison Schwartz, a 31-year-old from Forsyth, died at the scene. Her husband survived, officials said.

The sheriff’s office was investigating the crash Monday morning.

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