An airport shuttle that takes passengers from Georgia's Atlanta-Hartsfield International Airport slammed into a tractor-trailer on May 24. Over a dozen passengers sustained injuries. Those who were injured in the truck accident were taken to hospitals in the area. The...
Year: 2013
Georgia motorcyclists charged with auto accident
Oconee County prosecutors charged two motorcyclists involved in a wreck that occurred on May 10. The accident, which happened around 7:15 p.m. near the Oconee Crossing, caused multiple injuries. The accident happened after a chased that had started in Walton County....
Accidents injure 7 in Georgia
Three accidents in the Moultrie area have caused seven area residents to be injured. A 62 year old woman remains in the hospital. She was involved in the most serious car accident that police released reports on in mid-May.The woman was driving her vehicle northbound...
Many car accidents involving distracted driving are not reported
Car crashes in Georgia are often caused by distracted drivers, but many of them are not reported as such according to a recent study by the National Safety Council. According to their analysis of state and federal data, the number of car accidents caused by distracted...
Georgia man faces multiple charges after causing freeway accident
Police are searching for a Calhoun, Georgia, man allegedly involved in a deadly hit and run auto accident that took place on Interstate 75 on April 17. According to Georgia State Patrol reports, the 21-year-old driver reportedly left the scene after his truck hit an...
Ex-state trooper may plead guilty to 2 charges for fatal crash
In December 2011, a former law enforcement official with the Georgia State Patrol may have been responsible for a car accident that resulted in the death of a woman. The trooper involved in the incident was assisting another law enforcement official with a motorcycle...
Jury sought for Michael Jackson wrongful death suit
Georgia residents may have heard that the jury selection process for the wrongful death lawsuit filed by Michael Jackson's mother against an entertainment agency has 35 potential jurors so far. The wrongful death claim started with a pool of 180 potential jurors, but...
One killed and one hospitalized in fatal Georgia crash
A car wreck involving three vehicles on Interstate 75 proved to be fatal to one driver. A passenger was also hospitalized with injures. The accident occurred when a vehicle changed lanes, sideswiping a second passenger vehicle. That vehicle in turn lost control and...
Cumming woman killed in Route 11 crash
Post 37 of the Georgia State Patrol recently responded to an accident on State Route 11 that involved the seventh fatality for the period of March 1 through March 21. The wreck occurred when an SUV traveling eastbound was rounding a curve on the road and the driver, a...
Collision in Georgia results in one fatality
A 43-year-old woman of Forsyth County, Georgia, was killed in a three-vehicle collision on Georgia Highway 9. One of the vehicles involved in the incident was a school bus. The responding deputy said that the woman died at Northside Hospital after the crash. The...