9-year-old girl dead, 4 other kids seriously hurt while driver leaves GA crash site

TROUP COUNTY, Ga. — Five kids were in a car when it flipped several times in Troup County last week, costing one of them their life.

Georgia State Patrol says a white 2002 GMC Yukon was driving down State Route 1 in Troup County when it went into the median.

Troopers say the driver, identified as Malinda Armstrong, overcorrected and it overturned several times.

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Three of the six people in the car were thrown out during the crash.

A 9-year-old girl, whose identity has not been released, died from her injuries several hours after the crash.

Four other kids, 11- and 13-year-old girls and 8- and 5-year-old boys, were seriously injured and were taken to the hospital. There is no word on any of their conditions.

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GSP said Armstrong left the scene of the crash before they arrived, but was later found and arrested on Monday and taken to the Troup County Jail.

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