Ga. woman Rosa Byse dies after car crashes into school

A car crashed into a school building in weste Georgia and burst into flames Friday night, killing the driver, authorities said.

Rosa Byse, 59, was driving in Buena Vista when she crashed through a wall at Marion Middle School, police said. The woman's 3-year-old grandson was treated on the scene by paramedics. Officials said the boy wasn't seriously injured, The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reported (http://bit.ly/11TBrCh).

Volunteer firefighter Norman Stubbs told WTVM-TV (http://bit.ly/14r3a0l) he ran to the scene of the crash to help the victims after his daughter-in-law told him about the wreck.

"The car was actually flipped upside down in the school. The child was screaming so that's the one I went for first. I got the baby out, and then my son and the coroner got the lady out," Stubbs told the television station.

Shortly after the woman and child were removed from the car, it went up in flames and ignited the rest of the building. The fire was temporarily extinguished, then flared back up and destroyed most of the building hours later.

Georgia State Patrol is investigating the accident. The cause of the crash is unclear. Authorities said the woman ran a stop sign just before the crash and didn't slam on the brakes before hitting the building.