Fatal Encounters

A step toward creating an impartial, comprehensive and searchable national database of people killed during interactions with police

Mattie Lou Hix

Name: Mattie Lou Hix
Age: 70
Gender: Female
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 01/19/2004
Location: 30629 GA-15
Banks Crossing, Georgia, 30529
County: Jackson
Agency: Jackson County Sheriff's Office
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Carson Chandler Bolt was fleeing Jackson County deputies south on U.S. Highway 441 near Interstate 85 at Banks Crossing when his car plowed into the side of a car driven by William Franklin Hix, 71. Hix was seriously injured, and his only passenger, his wife, Mattie, died on impact. Bolt was charged with first-degree vehicular homicide and felony murder.
Unique ID: 3096

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