Automobile Accidents

• Train Accident Ends In Death Of Passenger After Driver Commits Fatal Error

  M. Brandon Smith | May 13, 2007 10:50 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  When an accident involves both a train and a motor vehicle it is almost always fatal for the occupants of the vehicle. This point is unfortunately seen in a recent train vs. automobile accident that occurred in south Fulton County. According to the authorities, the driver of the vehicle was trying to cross a set of railroad tracks after the crossing bars were activated. Tragically the driver...

• Toddler Dies After Being Struck By Truck At Car Wash

  M. Brandon Smith | May 09, 2007 5:38 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  In a tragic accident at a well known car wash, a 3 year old boy lost his life after being struck by a truck. According to authorities, the parents of the 3-year-old were vacuuming out there car and had given the boy money to buy a drink at the vending machine nearby. According to the driver of the truck, the boy ran out in front of his vehicle and he could not stop in time to avoid hitting the...

• Road Rage Incident Ends In Death On Georgia's I-85

  M. Brandon Smith | May 08, 2007 11:19 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  A road rage incident that ended a man being stabbed to death results in murder charges for the stabbing suspect Ahmath Yasharahla. Yasharahla reportedly stabbed 23-year-old Anthony Newberry to death on Northside Drive after Newberry tapped his brakes when Yasharahla would not stop riding his bumper. The stabbing reportedly took place in front of Newberry's wife and four year-old daughter. The...

• Georgia Man Accidently Drives Vehicle Into Cingular Store Causing Injuries

  M. Brandon Smith | April 30, 2007 10:30 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  Friday morning in Conyers, Georgia a motorist drove his vehicle into the local Cingular store on Dogwood drive and injured three people in doing so. Police say the elderly man apparently hit the gas instead of his brake and that caused his vehicle to slam into the business. Two employees and one customer sustained injuries in the auto accident and were rushed to the Atlanta Medical Center but...

• Hit And Run Driver Kills Coffee County Teenager

  M. Brandon Smith | April 04, 2007 12:14 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  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...

• Hit And Run Driver Now In Jail After Causing Three Car Accident

  M. Brandon Smith | March 31, 2007 11:12 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  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...

• DUI Accident Leads To Injuries And Child Endangerment Charges

  M. Brandon Smith | March 31, 2007 10:37 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  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...

• Fatal Auto Accident Occurs After Driver Travels Down Wrong Lane Of I-85

  M. Brandon Smith | March 31, 2007 5:36 PM | 1 CommentAtlanta, GA

  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...

• Bus Accident Results In Numerous Injuries

  M. Brandon Smith | March 31, 2007 2:47 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  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...

• Mayor's Home Victim Of High Speed Car Chase

  M. Brandon Smith | March 27, 2007 1:32 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  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...