Information Released on Fatal Auto Accident

Authorities have released information on an accident that resulted in a fatality in Stephens County.

According to the Toccoa post of the Georgia State Patrol, the accident occurred on Yonah Dam Road at about 5 p.m. Thursday.

Only one vehicle was involved.

It was a 2002 Saturn SL2 driven by 67-year-old James Robert Payne of Toccoa.

The GSP said the Saturn was traveling south on Yonah Dam Road when it traveled onto the right paved shoulder and Payne over corrected to the left.

According to the report, the Saturn began to yaw across both lanes and traveled onto the right shoulder and continued south on the shoulder, striking a tree with its rear.

The vehicle then overturned and came to rest on its right side facing south.

Payne died as a result of injuries suffered in the accident.