Woman, 67, survives car crash...only to escape vehicle and die in horrific freak accident
A Georgia woman who managed to escape her vehicle after a car crash tragically died after she fell down a well just moments later.
A Georgia woman who managed to escape her vehicle after a car crash tragically died after she fell down a well just moments later.
Mom-of-four Shirley Obert, 67, went missing on Saturday after being involved in a car accident in Monroe County.
Authorities and family members frantically searched for Obert, who was last seen wearing a red shirt and black pants - which police described as a Chick-fil-A work uniform.
On Sunday police discovered her body at the bottom of a deep well that was surrounded by very thick brush near where her car was found, authorities said.
Mrs. Obert appeared to have been trying to go for help when this incident occurred. This appears to be a tragic accident, Monroe County Sheriffs Office said.
Please keep her family and her co-workers in your thoughts and prayers.
It is unclear what caused the car accident and how exactly she ended up in the well. DailyMail.com contacted the Monroe County Sheriffs Office.
Pictures posted by the sheriffs department showed a rescue team using rope to lower down in the well.
Shirley Obert, 67, went missing on Saturday after being involved in a car crash in Monroe County
She was found at the bottom of a well on Sunday. (Pictured: A rescue team at the well)
Another image showed the group using a machine that appeared to help pull Oberts body from the large hole.
The mother-of-four has been remembered as a devoted wife to her husband Mike, and a friend to many, according to a GoFundMe page.
The page was created to help her family with expenses during this tough time, as Obert did not have life insurance and was the sole provider for her husband.
As of Monday morning more than $6,9000 was raised to support her loved ones.
On Saturday, Oberts sister-in-law Tanya Obert Pinson, took to Facebook asking people to help locate her after the accident.
Please pray for my sister in love Shirley Obert she was in car accident and my family looking for we love her so much, Pinson said.
A close friend, Vanessa Awtry, also asked the public for help finding Obert.
Yall please keep an eye out for Mrs.Shirley Obert and if you see anybody resembling her please call Monroe County!!, Awtry said.
Obert, a mother of four, has been remembered as a devoted wife to her husband Mike, and a friend to many. (Pictured: Obert and her husband Mike)
She was last seen wearing a red shirt and black pants, which police described as a Chick-fil-A work uniform
PLEASE SHARE THIS!!! HER AND HER FAMILY ARE LIKE PART OF OUR OWN. She was last seen wearing what sounds like her CFA uniform (red shirt black pants).
After news of her horrific death spread, Awtry took to Facebook again, calling Obert an awesome lady.
She always gave the best, tightest hugs that felt like they could fix whatever was wrong with your day, she wrote.
Ill miss our run ins in town and will forever miss those "get together" plans we discussed but life never allowed time for.
Pinson also posted about Obert after she passed, saying: We lost my sister n love, my brother lost his soulmate, she believed in the Lord, loved him with her whole being pray my brother Mike Obert and their children, family and friends!!
In December, a Colorado woman who went missing during what was said to be a routine shopping trip was found dead more than a week later.
Jayna Lang, 46, had vanished on November 24, and Colorado cops confirmed to DailyMail.com she committed suicide. Due to the nature of the case, officials declined to say more.
Another image showed the group using a machine that appeared to help pull Oberts body from the large hole
The sad update - as a Jefferson County Sheriffs Office public information officer put it - came just hours after Langs relatives took to Facebook to issue their own announcement, revealing they had received news about Langs whereabouts, and that it was not good.
Her sister-in-law Stacy Laigo-Horvat, 45, was the one to make the admission - only hours after her husband, Langs brother Eric Horvat, thanked onlookers for their well-wishes.
Horvat, 44, had been one of the last to speak to Lang before she vanished - communicating via text the day she disappeared.
Lang had told him she had been headed to a shopping center in Summit County a few miles from the home in Littleton. She never made it back.
The following day - in the wake of Laigo-Horvats cryptic post - a source described only as a family member told FOX31 that Lang was found dead from an apparent suicide.