From Staff Reports
A 5-year-old girl injured in a fatal crash Wednesday afternoon in Rocky Face was in critical condition at a Chattanooga hospital on Thursday.
Danielle Caldwell was in Erlanger Hospital after being airlifted there on Wednesday. She was in the back seat of a Ford Explorer that pulled into the path of a dump truck at U.S. Highway 41 and Old Chattanooga Road at about 4:15 p.m. Norene Ridley, 66, a passenger in the Explorer, died at the scene. Richard Ridley, 73, was taken to Hamilton Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
The dump truck driver, Matthew Quarles of Chatsworth, was not seriously injured.
The Georgia State Patrol worked the accident. A call to Georgia State Patrol Cpl. Kris Hemphill was not immediately returned.
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Members of the media surround Whitfield Sheriff Scott Chitwood outside the jail as he gives an update about the hunt for Sonny Neal Friday. Neal is wanted in connection with the deaths of his wife and her grandfather.Matt Hamilton/The Daily Citizen
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