Automobile Accidents

• Three Car Wreck Ends In Death For One Athens Man

  M. Brandon Smith | March 26, 2007 8:56 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  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...

• Return From Spring Break Ends In Death For One Student

  M. Brandon Smith | March 26, 2007 8:43 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  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...

• Three Bryan County Students Involved In Fatal Car Wreck

  M. Brandon Smith | March 25, 2007 9:05 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  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...

• Head On Collison Ends In Death For Carolina Couple

  M. Brandon Smith | March 24, 2007 12:56 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  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...

• Drunk Driving And DUI Accidents-The Real Consequences

  M. Brandon Smith | March 22, 2007 11:22 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  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...

• DUI Driver Causes Power Outage In Gainesville, Georgia

  M. Brandon Smith | March 22, 2007 10:57 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  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...

• Fatal Accident Results After Being Struck By School Bus

  M. Brandon Smith | March 22, 2007 10:26 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  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...

• Child Dies After Being Ran Over By Family Member

  M. Brandon Smith | March 21, 2007 6:50 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  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...

• Car Crash Ends In Death Of Mother After Improper Pass

  M. Brandon Smith | March 18, 2007 8:08 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  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,...

• Fatal DUI Accident Leads To Felony Indictment

  M. Brandon Smith | March 17, 2007 11:01 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  After causing the death of Joseph Calvin Huckaby, 17, of Perry on November 5, 2006 in a single car DUI accident, the responsible DUI driver now faces serious criminal charges for his reckless actions. Ronald Alan Sinyard Jr., who was only 20 at the time of the accident, now faces three counts of vehicular homicide, two counts of DUI and a number of other charges in connection with the fatal...