Brooklyn Danielle Hunter
A pregnant LaFayette, Ga., woman has died in a single-vehicle wreck on Marble Top Road.
Brooklyn Danielle Hunter was 20. Her unborn child had been named Elijah Daniel.
The Georgia State Patrol said she was negotiating a curve when she lost control of her 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee. It went off the right side of the roadway and struck a driveway culvert.
It began rotating sideways and then struck a ditch. The Jeep landed on the passenger side.
The wreck happened on Sunday at 9:05 p.m., and she died after being taken to the hospital.
She was a graduate of LaFayette High School Class of 2018 and an employee of Roper for the past three years.
She is preceded in death by her mother Kristina Shavers James; uncle, Sam Shavers.
Survivors include her father, Danny (Mandie) Hunter; fiancé, Brandon Yancey; siblings, Jessica, Haley, Morgan, Ethan, Caleb and Landen; grandparents, Bobby and Angie Hunter, Bethe Rose and Jim Pruitt; aunts and uncles, Audra (Nick) Tatum, Amanda (David) Dobbins and Jamie Shavers; several cousins also survive.
Memorial services will be Friday at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Heritage Funeral Home, Fort Oglethorpe, with Rev. David Goines officiating.