Fatal Accident Shuts Down Lanes on Peach Orchard Road
A two vehicle accident early this afternoon in south Augusta left one man dead. It happened when a vehicle driven by 20-year-old Lamarquez Benning of Augusta was hit by a car entering Peach Orchard Road from a parking lot near Phinizy Road. Benning was pronounced dead at the scene at 1 p.m.
The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office says all northbound lanes and one southbound lane of Peach Orchard Road was shut down while emergency vehicles were on the scene. All lanes re-opened just before 4 p.m.
An autopsy has been scheduled.
Mary Liz is the News Director and Co-Host of Augusta’s Morning News on WGAC. She spent 11 years as a News Director at an Indiana Radio Station. She has also worked as a former Police and Courts Reporter for The Republic Newspaper and Assistant Marketing Director of Merchants National Bank in Indianapolis. Mary Liz focuses most on local breaking news stories, feature stories on upcoming events, or community-service related organizations and the people who serve them. She has been with WGAC since 1995.