Hill AFB commander killed in car accident in Georgia

[The Straight Story]

Hill AFB commander killed in car accident in Georgia

HILL AIR FORCE BASE -- A commander at Hill Air Force Base was killed early Sunday morning in Georgia after his cab was struck by a car driving down the wrong side of a large freeway.

According to the Georgia State patrol, Col. Stephen E. Mittuch was killed when a woman in a white 1996 Ford Taurus, driving north in a southbound lane of Interstate 75, collided head-on with the cab Mittuch was a passenger in.

The driver of the Taurus, Trica Truatt, 29, of Acworth, GA survived, as did the driver of the cab.

Mittuch was commander of the 419th Maintenance Group at Hill. He had been in Georgia for a seminar near Dobbins Air Force Base and was heading to the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to return to Utah when he was killed.

Georgia State Trooper Lt. Paul Cosper said Truatt and the driver of the cab, Okafor Chukwuekwu, 37, were taken to a nearby hospital.

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[JohnnyLib2]

1. Tragic. RIP

Have to wonder about DUI.

The wrong side of the road part brings back memories of a terrible bus accident here in Kentucky in the 80s.