CLARKE COUNTY, GA. (THECOUNT) — Molly Tulley, of Athens, Georgia, has been identified as the driver in a wrong-way Athens crash that killed Kayla Smith, a 13-year-old middle school student Sunday night in Clarke County.

Tulley, 25, was driving the wrong-way in Athens when her vehicle collided head-on with another vehicle Sunday night.

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According to reports, Tulley was operating a Hyundai Genesis the wrong-way on Athens Perimeter near Mitchell Bridge Road, when the vehicle came into head-on contact with a Dodge Charger operated by 20-year-old Yanelis Figueroa, of Athens, around 11 p.m. Thursday.

Smith, 13, a student at Hilsman Middle School, was killed in the collision.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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Geo quick facts: Clarke County is located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 116,714. Its county seat is Athens, with which it is a consolidated city-county – Wikipedia.