SYLVESTER, Ga. (WALB) — One man is dead after a two-vehicle crash in Sylvester, according to the Worth County coroner.

The Georgia State Patrol said Post 40 troopers were dispatched Friday, Oct. 2, at 8:43 p.m. to investigate a two-vehicle crash on Sumner Road in Worth County.

A 2013 BMW 328 was traveling north on Sumner Road near Shingler Little River Road. A 2015 Toyota Tundra was traveling south on Sumner Road. For reasons unknown, the driver of the BMW crossed the center line and struck the Toyota head-on, according to GSP.

GSP said after the crash, the BMW came to an uncontrolled stop in the roadway. The Toyota rotated, overturned and came to an uncontrolled stop in the southbound lane of Sumner Road.

The driver of the BMW, 29-year-old Igor Barbosa, of Massachusetts, was pronounced dead by the Worth County coroner at the scene.

The coroner has contacted Barbosa’s next of kin.

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