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A woman was struck by a MARTA bus in downtown Atlanta early on Friday, January 15. According to a spokesperson for the transit agency, the accident occurred at the intersection of Alabama and Forsyth streets at about 7 a.m. The bus was reportedly making a left turn at the intersection when it ran into a woman who was crossing the…
When someone is found guilty of driving under the influence (DUI), he or she may face significant criminal penalties. These potential penalties are even greater, however, if someone else was injured or killed in a drunk driving-related crash. Vehicular homicide is a crime with three different elements. It means (1) a homicide was committed (2) by means of a vehicle,…
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has reported that a tractor-trailer driver will serve five years in prison after pleading guilty to causing a crash on I-16 that killed five Georgia Southern University nursing students and seriously injured two others. John Wayne Johnson, 56, admitted in a deposition that he’d used his cellphone to text and exchange sexually provocative messages with a woman…
Actress Thadea Williams’ promising career was tragically cut short on February 28 when she was killed in a late-night traffic accident in Savannah. The 30-year-old Stone Mountain resident, who appeared in such films as The Hunger Games, Fast and Furious 7, and The Single Moms Club, was a passenger sitting in the front seat of a Hyundai Accent driven by…
It’s quite difficult to drive a tractor-trailer, especially when the operator is on the road with other motorists who are overly aggressive. Here are a few tips that can help you avoid an accident when sharing the road with truck drivers: Avoid the truck’s blind spots. Blind spots are large and numerous on tractor-trailers. They are at the very rear…
Gwinnett County police are reaching out to the public to ask for help in finding witnesses to a December accident that left one person dead and another in serious condition at a local hospital. The accident occurred December 9 at approximately 5 p.m. at the intersection of Patricia Terrace and Loganville Highway. According to police, the driver of a car…
When most people think of self-driving vehicles, their mind turns to Google’s small fleet of autonomous cars that are mostly confined to the roadways of California. While the technology is still costly, the truth is that self-driving vehicles are already considered safer than the human drivers who cause more than 30,000 deaths on American roadways each year. And those autonomous…
If you’ve been following the news lately, you may have heard that some considerable progress has been made in the world of self-driving cars. And although there’s much work to be done, it appears that we are getting closer to a world in which vehicles are semi-autonomous, allow us all to sit back and relax as we travel to our…
Atlanta police officers recently arrested a woman who was allegedly at fault in a fatal hit and run accident that occurred Wednesday, November 11. The victim was reportedly run over on Arizona Avenue in the northeast part of Atlanta at approximately 1:30 a.m. She was pronounced dead at the scene. A 45-year-old woman turned herself in later that day, and…
Under federal law, commercial motor vehicle operators are not allowed to use cellphones to text while driving. They are also restricted from using cellphones for talking unless they are using a hands-free device. Violations of these regulations can result in civil penalties of up to $2,750 in fines. Recent changes in Georgia law have brought state rules in line with…