A 31-year-old Calhoun motorist was killed in a single-vehicle wreck in the Adairsville area on New Year’s Day.

According to Georgia State Patrol operator Gregory Spruiell:

Richard O’Mahony of Calhoun died from injuries received during an automobile crash on Highway 140 in Adairsville Friday morning.



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Reports indicate alcohol was not involved in the fatality and there were no other passengers, and Bartow County Troopers responded to the crash around 4 a.m.

“The accident is still under investigation,” Spruiell stated.

O’Mahony was a graduate of Calhoun High School, and served in the United States Army, according to Max Brannon Funeral home.

The Georgia State Patrol had reported a total of two fatalities statewide New Year’s Day.

Spuiell said the other fatality occurred in Cherokee County.”