COVINGTON COUNTY, Ala (WDHN) — A head-on collision in Covington County has claimed the life of a Georgiana woman and a Brewton woman.

According to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, at approximately 10:05 a.m. on Tuesday, February 7, Lesa Moore King, 62, of Georgiana was fatally injured after the 2000 Chevrolet Tahoe she was driving crossed the center line of the road and collided head-on with a 2018 Audi A6 driven by Shannon Lynn Howard, 54, of Brewton.

Both women were pronounced dead on the scene.

King was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash, according to ALEA.

The crash occurred on state highway 55 near the 40-mile marker, approximately 15 miles south of Georgiana, in Covington County.

No further information has been released as troopers with ALEA’s Highway Patrol Division investigate the incident.