East Cobb car crash

A reader who saw Sunday’s fatal Powers Ferry Road crash alerted us to this GoFundMe page that has been started to pay for the funeral expenses for Miraylla Sousa, a 23-year-old woman who died in that wreck. 

Her car was struck by a car driven by Ryan Michalski, 31, who also died. Thus far the fundraiser has exceeded the $10,000 goal set by organizers, just a day after the appeal went out. They noted that Sousa was on her way to visiting her mother when the crash took place.

Sousa, who is from Brazil, also leaves behind a brother and a two-year-old nephew. We’re working to get more information about that as Cobb Police continue investigating the wreck.

Police said witnesses told them the car driven by Michalski had been speeding in the northbound lane of Powers Ferry Road, and was passing other cars in the center turn lane, then veered into a southbound lane and crashed into Sousa’s car at Meadowbrook Lane, just north of Powers Ferry Elementary School.

Michalski’s car caught fire, according to police, who said he and Sousa were pronounced dead at WellStar Kennestone Hospital.

According to an obituary for Michalski, who lived in the East Cobb area, he was a guitarist and musician. Donations are being accepted in his memory to the Shepherd Center in Atlanta.

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