Rome man died after fall from truck on Rockmart Highway
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Rome Police and Fire units had Rockmart Highway blocked Saturday evening for around 20 minutes after a man fell from the bed of a pickup truck. (Kevin Myrick / rn-t.com)
Rome Police and Fire units had Rockmart Highway blocked Saturday evening for around 20 minutes after a man fell from the bed of a pickup truck. (Kevin Myrick / rn-t.com)
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A North Rome man died in the Floyd Medical Center emergency room Saturday evening from injuries sustained when he fell from a truck traveling north on Rockmart Highway earlier in the evening.

According to Floyd County Deputy Coroner Ernie Studard, Willis Jerome Carey, 54, of a Pearl Street apartment in North Rome, died from the injuries he sustained when he fell from the bed of the pickup truck. He was pronounced dead at 7:55 p.m. Saturday.

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