Waycross, GA : Woman killed in crash on U.S. 1 north of city on Monday night, October 17, 2016

A Waycross woman died Monday night when she was thrown from her vehicle as it overturned on U.S. 1 about five miles north of the city limit, the Georgia State Patrol said.

Tara Marie Tant, 29, was driving a 2009 Chevrolet Equinox north on U.S. 1 about 6:50 p.m. when it left the roadway about 100 yards from Pebble Hill Road and went into the median of the divided, four-lane highway, the state patrol said.

The Equinox went into a spin until it hit the embankment of a ditch in the median and began rolling over, the state patrol’s preliminary report says.

Tant, who was not wearing a safety belt, was thrown from the vehicle as it overturned for about 100 feet before coming to rest on the southbound side of the highway, the report says.

The empty vehicle caught fire, and the Ware County EMS took Tant to Mayo Clinic Health System’s Waycross hospital where she was pronounced dead, the state patrol said.

The state patrol was back at the scene Tuesday morning to continue its investigation.

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Waycross woman killed in crash on U.S. 1 north of city