An Athens woman was killed yesterday evening in a two vehicle collision on U.S. Highway 441 North of Watkinsville. 77-year-old Linda Rasch failed to yield at the Rockingwood Drive intersection near Athens Academy at about 5 p.m. Rasch was leaving Rockingwood Drive and crossing the U.S Highway 441 to turn onto the southbound lane when she failed to yield to a Dodge Dakota traveling north. The pickup, driven by a Hoschton man, crashed into the driver's side door.
Martin Matheny is WUGA's Program Director and a host and producer of our local news program 'Athens News Matters.' He started at WUGA in 2012 as a part-time classical music host and still hosts WUGA's longest-running local program 'Night Music' which is heard on WUGA and GPB Classical. He lives in Normaltown with his wife, Shaye and dog, Murphy.