{"id":388634,"date":"2026-07-28T03:49:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T03:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/388634\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T03:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T03:49:10","slug":"coroner-man-killed-after-vehicle-crashes-into-tree-on-langston-road-in-houston-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/388634\/","title":{"rendered":"Coroner: Man killed after vehicle crashes into tree on Langston Road in Houston County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HOUSTON COUNTY, Ga. (WGXA) \u2014 A 53-year-old man was killed after crashing his car into a tree in Houston County on Monday morning. <\/p>\n<p>According to Houston County Coroner James Williams, the single-vehicle accident happened around 5:00 a.m. on Langston Road between Lake Joy Road and Highway 41, when a driver went off the roadway and crashed into a tree.<\/p>\n<p>The male driver was pronounced dead at the scene, and portions of the roadway were closed around 7:00 a.m. as investigators worked to clear the accident. <\/p>\n<p>MORE LOCAL NEWS | <a href=\"https:\/\/wgxa.tv\/news\/local\/missing-centerville-woman-found-dead-in-warner-robins-authorities-confirm-teresa-terri-meharg-houston-county-70-year-old-found-dead-gunn-road-at-madison-place-with-black-jeep-patriot-suv-missing-person-case-warner-robins-police?teaserSource=trending\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Missing Centerville woman found dead in Warner Robins, authorities confirm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Williams later identified the victim as Jermaine Salter, 53, of Warner Robins.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Please keep Mr. Salter\u2019s family and loved ones in your thoughts and prayers as they navigate this difficult time,&#8221; the coroner said.<\/p>\n<p>The Houston County Sheriff&#8217;s Office Traffic Division is investigating the incident. <\/p>\n<p>Stick with WGXA as we learn more and provide updates on this story. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON COUNTY, Ga. (WGXA) \u2014 A 53-year-old man was killed after crashing his car into a tree in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":388635,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57],"class_list":["post-388634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=388634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}