Forsyth man dies in Monroe County crash

A Forsyth man died Thursday in a single-vehicle accident.

James Monroe Brookshire, 66, was pronounced dead on the scene about 3:30 p.m. after being ejected from his green Chevy pickup. He had been traveling south on Unionville Road from High Falls Road in Monroe County when the vehicle left the roadway, struck a culvert and overturned.

His wife, Nina Brookshire, was trapped in the vehicle but was extracted and taken to the Medical Center, Navicent Health, in Macon where she was responsive.

A cause for this accident, which is still under investigation, was still unknown Thursday evening.

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This story was originally published October 1, 2015 at 6:40 PM with the headline "Forsyth man dies in Monroe County crash ."