Story Created:
Dec 12, 2012 at 5:03 PM EDT
Story Updated:
Dec 12, 2012 at 5:03 PM EDT
RICHMOND HILL, Ga. (AP) - Authorities in Bryan County say the principal of an elementary school in nearby Liberty County has been killed in a car accident.
WTOC-TV (http://bit.ly/12lginj ) reports 62-year-old Mary M. Guiendon died Wednesday after an accident on a highway near Richmond Hill around 6:30 a.m. She was the principal at Button Gwinnett Elementary School in Hinesville.
Georgia State Patrol officials say a school bus stopped for children and Guiendon rear-ended a semi-truck that was stopped behind the bus. She was pronounced dead at the scene and police say she was not wearing a seatbelt.
There were no other reported injuries and Georgia State Patrol is investigating the accident.
Richmond Hill is about 20 miles south of Savannah.
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Information from: WTOC-TV, http://www.wtoctv.com/
