Car Wrecks Kill 2 in Cobb County, Injure Several Others

Separate fatal car wrecks in Cobb County have left two people dead.

In the first accident, a crash on Paper Mill Road near Atlanta Country Club Drive in Marietta killed Eddie B. Strickland, 67, of Marietta, who was pronounced dead at the scene, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Strickland was driving a 1929 Ford Model A eastbound slowly up a steep grade on Paper Mill Road when he was hit from behind by a 2008 Volkswagen Jetta. His vehicle was forced into the westbound lanes, where it overturned and hit a 2004 Toyota Sienna, the paper reported.

Strickland’s two passengers were transported to local hospitals. Lynn Strickland, 67, of Marietta was taken to WellStar Kennestone Hospital to be treated for serious injuries, police told the paper. A 3-year-old boy was transported to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite with non-life-threatening injuries.

Occupants of the other vehicles were not injured..

The collision remains under investigation, police said.

In the second incident, William Cofield, 47, of Austell, was driving a 2011 Hyundai Sonata northbound on Hillcrest in the southbound toward an oncoming car in Austell, according to investigators. The drivers collided in the northbound lane.

Cofield was transported to Grady Memorial Hospital, where he died, the Journal reported.

The occupants of the Nissan — Bertin Vargas, 37, Laura Vargas, 26, and four children — were transported to local hospitals to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

No charges are expected to filed in the case, police said.