A Walton County man died Friday afternoon when the Chrysler 300 he was driving collided with a Mac dump truck. He has been identified as Dennis Lynch of Covington. His next of kin has been notified.
According to Trooper First Class Cal Barton with Georgia State patrol, Lynch was traveling west on Spring Street from Highway 78, headed into Monroe downtown.
“For some unknown reason Mr. Lynch travelled into the eastbound line and hit the dump truck that was eastbound on Spring Street. The dump truck went off the south shoulder,” Barton said, adding the Chrysler spun around and hit an Acura and both vehicles came to a rest on Spring Street.
Lynch died at the scene. Barton said the driver of the dump truck was taken to Piedmont (formerly Athens) Regional Medical Center with serious injuries. The driver of the Acura and passengers were not transported.
Spring Street was shut down for a couple of hours for crews to clean up the road. Barton said Lynch was the at fault driver in the accident.