Sheriff: Mother driving in wrong direction hits woman head-on killing five in Putnam County

PUTNAM COUNTY, Georgia — Five people are dead after a crash in Putnam County early Tuesday, according to Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills.

The accident happened just before 1 a.m. on US Highway 441 near the Putnam County, Baldwin County line. 

44-year-old Mayla Dostie was driving a 2005 Nissan Xterra north towards Eatonton. 22-year-old Hailey Brooke Hayes was in a 2018 Honda Civic driving south in the northbound lanes and hit Dostie head-on, according to Sills. 

Dostie was dead at the scene when deputies arrived. Hayes’ two children, 8-month-old Tucker Hudspeth and 3-year-old Bentley Barlow were in the car with her, along with 23-year-old Zaleigh Adaya Brooks. Everyone in the car was dead on the scene, according to the release.

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