Update 11/11/20 8:42 a.m.:

The Georgia State Patrol provided additional details on the death of a Rockmart man in a wreck on Tuesday evening on Highway 278.

According to information from their yet-completed report, the collision between the 2005 Cadillac CTS that was being driven by Elwin Clyde Tillery, 75, of a Rockmart address, began when he tried to change lanes traveling eastbound on Highway 278 last night.

When he did, GSP reported he lost control of the vehicle, which then began to spin counter clockwise and crossed the median before his car entered the westbound lanes of travel.

That’s when the 2015 Lexus GX driven by a 39-year-old and with an 8-year-old in the back struck Tillery’s Cadillac just behind the right front tire.

Both the driver and passenger of the Lexus were transported by Redmond EMS to Redmond Regional Medical Center in Rome, but their injuries were not specified.

Previously posted 11/10/2020:

A wreck had traffic blocked on Highway 278, and one fatality was reported according to the Polk County Police Department this evening.

Elwin Clyde Tillery, 75, of a Rockmart address, died on the scene from injuries sustained in the wreck according to Polk County Coroner Norman Smith. Police reported that speed and weather were a factor in the collision that occurred around 6 p.m. between Tillery’s gold Cadillac and a Lexus SUV with two people inside per eyewitnesses.

The driver and passenger in the Lexus were also transported to an area hospital by Redmond EMS with the extent of their injuries unknown to law enforcement

Polk County Police report that the roadway is open after being closed to allow for time to clean up.

Specific details about how the wreck occurred is still under investigation by the Georgia State Patrol, per local law enforcement.

Check back for additional details as they become available.