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2nd person dies after Highway 119 wreck
GSP accident
A second person has died from injuries sustained in a Friday evening crash on Georgia Highway 119, according to Georgia State Patrol Trooper Hunter Oglesby. Clarence Taplin, 78, of Springfield, died Sunday evening at Memorial University Medical Center in Savannah from injuries sustained in the wreck on Highway 119 and Mud Road, Oglesby said. Jestine Roberson, 75, of Highway 119 in Brooklet, died in the crash Friday when a vehicle ran a stop sign and struck a church van belonging to Mount Hope Missionary Baptist Church in Springfield, according to the Georgia State Patrol.
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