Mother dead, daughter in critical condition after van T-boned by tractor trailer truck in Statesboro

STATESBORO, Ga. (WTOC) - One woman is dead and her 15-year-old daughter is in critical condition after a crash on Tuesday, August 19, 2025.

Around 5:18 p.m. on August 19, Bulloch Co. EMS, Sheriff’s deputies, and Bulloch Co. Fire responded to a crash where a tractor trailer truck ran a stop sign and T-boned a Honda Odyssey at the intersection of Highway 46 and Nevils-Denmark Road.

The truck hit the driver’s side of the van and the driver, identified as Azure Rountree (49), was pronounced dead on the way to the hospital.

Her daughter was a passenger in the van and was airlifted to Memorial Hospital in Savannah. She remains in critical condition.

The driver of the tractor trailer was uninjured and admitted to running the stop sign.

The Georgia State Patrol’s Specialized Collision Reconstruction Team also responded to the scene to assist with the investigation.

The road was closed for approximately three and a half hours, according to the Georgia Department of Public Safety.