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In a tragic turn of events, a Douglas, Georgia teenager was killed Wednesday after being struck by a hit and run driver early that morning. Jose Garcia, 16, was found on Warren Carter Road around 6:00AM. The Georgia State Patrol is currently investigating the hit and run accident but no suspects have been named thus far. Garcia, who is survived by his family, was found near his home in Coffee...

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Craig Fineza, 43, is now right where he should be after causing a three car accident and then leaving the scene: Jail. Fineza was reportedly driving a Dodge Ram when he rear ended a Chevy Blazer being operated by another motorist. The impact from the accident forced the Blazer into the opposite lane of travel where it was then struck by a Food Windstar van. Fineza, then left the scene of the...

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Thanh Van Nguyen, 36, was recently involved in a one car DUI accident after loosing control of his vehicle. According to the Georgia State Patrol, Nguyen over corrected his Ford Explorer causing injuries to both himself and his 12 year old male passenger. Both occupants were subsequently treated for their injures and released from Colquitt Regional Medical Center after the vehicle reportedly...

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A car traveling down the wrong lane of travel on I-85 has left one person dead and 20 others injured. The driver of the vehicle was killed and pronounced dead at the scene. The injured occupants on the Greyhound bus were taken to a local hospital for treatment. Many of the bus' occupants had to crawl out of the window to escape the accident. The bus crash occurred around 3:00 a.m. and it is not...

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Yesterday morning, paramedics and other emergency personnel responded quickly to the scene of an accident where a bus and another car were involved in an auto accident. The car, according to authorities, unknowingly ran into the back of the commuter bus near King and Church street in Clayton County. Numerous people on the bus were treated for injuries sustained in the bus accident but there has...

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Joy Day, the Mayor of Jonesboro, Georgia, came home to find his house in a much different state than the way he left it earlier this yesterday morning. The reason for this drastic change has been attributed to an unnamed 17-year old driver that was involved in a high speed chase with authorities earlier in the day. The driver reportedly stole the vehicle he was in and upon being chased by the...

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A recent three car accident injured four and left one man dead after he failed to yield the right of way in Athens, Georgia. Grover Wayne Reynolds, 50, was taken to Georgia Medical Center after pulling out in front of a Jeep Liberty being driven by Elizabeth Rosalea Watts, 21, of Augusta. A GMC box truck then stuck Reynolds vehicle after it was forced into the GMC truck's lane of traffic. Other...

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After returning from spring break, a fatal car wreck occurred on Friday after Daniel Sa lost control of his vehicle on I-85. The auto accident resulted in the death of Sa's passenger, Matthew Wayne Prather, 20, after the vehicle flipped over numerous times. The car wreck occurred in Opelika, Alabama after the two were returning from Panama City beach. Sa was also seriously injured in the auto...

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Three Bryan County High School students' lost their lives after a tragic car accident occurred on Georgia 119 in Bryan County. The girls, two of which were sisters, were reportedly on their way to school when the driver lost control of his vehicle and veered into the oncoming lane of traffic. An on coming truck slammed into their vehicle after not being able to stop. Tragically, all three girls...

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A tragic head on car crash ends in the death of a South Carolina couple and serious injuries to a pair of Tennessee residents. The accident occurred on Interstate 75 yesterday afternoon when Fredia Greene, 63, lost control of her vehicle and veered into the other lane of traffic. Greene and her husband were pronounced dead at the scene and the other men were treated at the University of...

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In conducting an investigative search on a DUI Accident Case I am currently working on I came across the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's website that discusses the effects and consequences of driving while drunk or while impaired. It is sobering information no matter how you look at it. One particular section of interest, Vehicular Homicide and the Impaired Driver, discuses the...

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DUI driver, Jesus Trevino, caused a big power outage Wednesday night in Gainesville after he slammed his vehicle into a power pole near Gordon Avenue and Parker Street. The DUI accident occurred 10:15 p.m. after Trevino lost control of his vehicle. According to officials, power in a three block area was out until 12:30 or so. Fortunately no one else was involved in the DUI accident but it was...

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In a tragic accident a 2-year old boy was recently killed by a school bus after the child ran in front it as the bus pulled off. Cole Ford, deceased, was said to be standing near the stopped bus shortly prior to the accident when the bus started move. When it did, Ford ran in front of it and suffered life ending injuries. At this time it is not known what caused the child to chase after the...

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A 15-month old child was struck and killed earlier today after a family member backed over her in a SUV. Authorities at this point have determined this was a tragic accident but are not sure if charges will be filled in connection with the pedestrian accident. The accident occurred at the girl's home on Red Cloud Road around 3 p.m. earlier today. The mother of the 15-month old girl tried to...

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A Coweta County woman delivering newspapers was tragically struck and killed after another driver crashed into her vehicle while attempting an improper pass. The fatal accident, which occurred earlier this morning on Highway 16, forced Teresa Morrison's vehicle into the ditch upon impact. Morrison was subsequently pronounced dead at the scene while her nine year old daughter, Rachel Morrison,...

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