The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
CHEROKEE COUNTY, Texas — A head-on collision in Cherokee County killed a Texas couple late Sunday morning. The couple’s 2-month-old son survived the crash, according to Lt. Jay Baker with the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office.
The baby, transported to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite, suffered a traumatic brain injury, according to Cherokee County Fire and Emergency Services. The baby’s right leg also was broken in the crash.
Police identified the dead couple as Rick Dean Headen, 48, and Charlotte Ann Sedtal, 40, of Sour Lake, Texas. They were the parents of the baby who was in the rear of the car, police said.
The accident happened about 11 a.m. on Knox Bridge Highway about five miles west of Canton.
Headen and Sedtal were heading eastbound in a Ford Focus and appeared to have veered into the other lane, hitting a pickup truck, according to Baker.
“It appears they were driving through Georgia on their way to another state,” Baker told the AJC. “A family member from another state is currently on their way to the hospital. That relative will have temporary custody of the child when he is released from Scottish Rite,” Baker added.
The couple died at the scene. Two adults in the pickup truck were injured but their injuries do not appear to life-threatening.
They were transported to WellStar Kennestone Hospital.
The accident is under investigation.
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