1.Teen on cell phone before crash
Authorities have determined that a Hephzibah High School homecoming queen who died in a car wreck two days after graduating was using her phone shortly before she lost control of the vehicle. Authorities suspected Miller may have been talking or texting…
2.Douglasville girl killed in afternoon collision on I-20
Tamara McBride of Douglasville died at the scene after she was ejected from a GMC Jimmy that collided with a pickup truck, Georgia State Patrol spokesman Gordy Wright said. Police say they are not sure if she was wearing a seatbelt. Her 11-year-old sister Tia…
3.Dawson County wreck kills 1
DAWSONVILLE — Authorities are investigating a fatal wreck Tuesday morning on Ga. 9 at Veterans Memorial Park in Dawson County that involved a motorcycle and a Dawson County maintenance truck pulling a trailer. The driver of the motorcycle, William B. Chapman…
4.Man Found Dead On Campbellton Road
ATLANTA — An Atlanta woman spoke to Channel 2 Action News about the Memorial Day hit-and-run crash that killed her fiancé. Lajuan Washington’s body was found lying on Campbellton Road near I-285.Washington’s fiancée said the circumstances surrounding the case are bizarre…
6.One person killed in Tifton car/train collision
TIFTON, GA (WALB) – State Troopers are still trying to determine why a Tift County woman slammed her car into a train last night. Sixty-six year old Mary Lee Davis Dooley was killed on impact. Dooley’s Dodge Intrepid hit the train at a crossing on Golden Road, just south of Tifton,…
7.Deer Hits Windshield, Kills Driver
DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. – Douglas County authorities say a 62-year-old woman was killed Monday when a deer that had been hit by another car came crashing through her car windshield. The Georgia State Patrol says a vehicle hit the deer on Monday afternoon along Highway 5. Troopers say…
8.Top-end Perimeter reopens after truck, Toyota van tangle
A woman who was driving a minivan on I-285 Monday morning died after colliding with a tractor-trailer. Rosario Velez, 45, of Sandy Springs, was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital and pronounced dead shortly after 4 p.m., said Sandy Springs police Lt. Keith Zgonc. The tractor-trailer hit the…
9.Family mourns killed toddler; father apologizes for attacking driver
HEPHZIBAH, Ga.—Investigators are calling it a horrible accident, an accident that claimed the life of a 2-year-old boy. James Wright IV, better known as Binkie, was taken off life support Tuesday, after being hit by a car Sunday night on Boykin Road. His mother and grandmother describe little Binkie…
10.Toddler Hit and Killed on Chevis Road
SAVANNAH, Ga. — A three year-old boy is dead, after police say he was run over by a pickup truck in southern Chatham County Wednesday afternoon. Savannah-Chatham Metro Police were called to the 300 block of Chevis Road around 5:00 p.m. Investigators said 3 year-old Joshua Landen Newman…
