Driver killed, another injured in Eisenhower Parkway head-on crash

The sheriff’s office says the BMW entered the westbound lane and struck a Freightliner. The Freightliner driver is in stable condition.

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – One driver is dead and another is injured after a head-on crash early Saturday on Eisenhower Parkway, according to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office.

It happened shortly after 4 a.m. east of Knoxville Road.

Deputies arrived to find a BMW 330i engulfed in flames with the driver unresponsive inside. Macon-Bibb County firefighters extinguished the fire, and Chief Deputy Coroner Lonnie Miley pronounced the driver dead at the scene.

The sheriff’s office said the BMW was traveling east when it entered the westbound lane and collided head-on with a Freightliner Cascadia.

The 40-year-old Freightliner driver was taken to a local hospital and is listed in stable condition, according to the sheriff’s office.

The BMW driver had not been identified as of Saturday morning.

Both lanes of Eisenhower Parkway were closed near Knoxville Road during the investigation but have since reopened.

The crash remains under investigation. If you have information, call the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at (478) 751-7500 and ask to speak with a fatality investigator.