UPDATE: Deputies release identity of woman who died in Thomaston Road crash

The Bibb County Sheriff's Office identified the occupants of the vehicle that crashed Monday night.

UPDATE (5/31) – The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office identified the occupants of the vehicle that crashed Monday night.

The driver, 46-year-old DeWayne Gibson, is listed in critical condition.

A passenger in the vehicle, 25-year-old Summer Nicole Bennett, was pronounced dead.


ORIGINAL STORY (5/30):

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – One person is dead and another is in the hospital in critical condition after a single-vehicle crash Monday.

A Bibb County Sheriff’s Office news release says the crash, which was called in at 4:46 p.m., happened in the 7100 block of Thomaston Road.

Deputies say a truck’s tire blew out, and the driver lost control. The truck went off the road, rolled and went down a steep embankment. The driver was taken to Atrium Health Navicent by ambulance.

A passenger was pronounced dead at the scene.

The occupants’ identities haven’t been released pending notification of next of kin.

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