On the evening of January 15, 2022, Ronda Bilbro Early, 73, of Mulga was killed in a three-vehicle crash on Pinson Valley Parkway near Meadow Craft Road. Her southbound vehicle was struck from behind, and the impact proved fatal. Emergency crews responded; one person suffered minor injuries and was taken to a local hospital, a third person was uninjured, and witnesses said the driver of one vehicle fled the scene on foot before authorities arrived.

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Traffic Accident Reconstruction Team is investigating the collision. No arrests have been publicly announced in connection with the hit-and-run. Early was a 1966 graduate of Frisco City High School and served as an ATC in the US Marine Corps; her funeral was held at Maytown Baptist Church with burial at Village Falls Cemetery.

If anyone witnessed the crash or has information about the person who fled, please come forward.