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Pedestrian struck by semi, killed
Incident occured on Highway 301 South Wednesday night
GSP accident
A Baxley woman was killed Wednesday night after being struck by a semi truck. Georgia State Patrol Post 45 Trooper First-Class Tyler Rickman said Shelia Rawls, 41, was walking in the roadway around 7:45 p.m. on Hwy. 301 South near Agri-Supply and Coley Boyd Road when the truck hit her. The driver, whose identity he withheld, braked when he saw Rawls but was unable to avoid striking her, he said.
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