A Watkinsville teenager was killed Sunday night in a single-vehicle wreck in Oconee County, the Georgia State Patrol said.State Patrol spokesman Gordy Wright said the wreck happened about 9:40 p.m. when 18-year-old Nathan James Terpin,
via Watkinsville teen killed in Sunday night wreck | www.ajc.com.
Seventeen years ago, a young Dale County Sheriff’s jailer began working alongside a sheriff’s reserve deputy who would influence his life in several ways.
That jailer is now Dale County Sheriff Wally Olson, and the reserve deputy was Don Williams.
Williams died Wednesday night after his patrol vehicle wrecked while on the way home from work. Ozark Police Chief Tony Spivey said it appeared Williams suffered some sort of medical episode before the vehicle crashed.
No other vehicles were involved in the crash and no one else was injured, according to Spivey.
Olson said Williams was a reserve civil process server for the department and had just finished serving papers before the incident. As a reserve deputy, most his work for the county was completed for free.
“Don was just an extraordinary individual – the way he made people feel, his energy and the pride he had in the sheriff’s department. He has been through a lot, but the one thing he’s always done was take care of his family and never complained about anything. We’ve literally grown up together as a family in this department,” Olson said.
“He will never be able to be replaced.”
via Dale family, officials mourn loss of sheriff’s deputy | Dothan Eagle.
Jason Lark was sentenced to seven years in prison for the February wreck that killed 16-year-old Cheyenne Sauls, who was a Villa Rica High School sophomore.
Lark apologized to Sauls’ family, saying, “Every day I wish it was me. Every day of my life. It should have been me. I take full responsibility for what I did,” according to Channel 2.
Sauls’ family had agreed to the plea deal.
Lark, the driver, lost control of a Chevrolet Blazer on Pleasant Drive in Douglas County. The vehicle flipped several times before hitting a U-Haul truck. Sauls died and two other passengers were seriously hurt.
Credit: Hoover City Schools
Dallas Golson (female), age 14, who was a passenger in the Cavalier, was pronounced deceased at Children’s Hospital. The driver of the vehicle (female, age 16) and another passenger (female, age 15), were undergoing treatment for injuries received in the crash. (FULL STORY)
His stepfather, Richard Bethune, 25, remained at Lakeland Regional Medical Center as of Saturday evening, said Dewayne Bethune, his father. (full story)
HARTFORD, AL – A single-vehicle crash Wednesday morning claimed the life of a Hartford man and injured his four year old daughter. Raymond Stewart McGowan 49, of Hartford, was traveling north on Alabama Highway 123 with his daughter when his vehicle left the roadway and over-turned.
According to the Alabama Department of Public Safety, the initial investigation indicates that the vehicle was traveling at a high rate of speed when it left the road and overturned.
McGowan attempted to bring the vehicle back onto the roadway but he over-corrected and lost control.
McGowan and his daughter, who were unrestrained, were ejected when the vehicle rolled-over once and came to rest on its top. McGowan was pronounced dead at the scene by Geneva County Coroner Max Motley.
His daughter was transported to Flowers hospital by Hartford Rescue where she is being treated for non-life threatening injuries.
The crash happened around 4:10 a.m. about a mile and a half north of Hartford at Pollard Bridge in Geneva County.
Alcohol is not believed to be a factor, and Troopers continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding the crash.
EVENING SHADE, Ark. (AP) — Authorities say a 12-year-old girl died after she lost control of the ATV she was driving.
Sharp County Sheriff Dale Weaver says Ryley Martin of Bradford lost control of her ATV on Thursday just south of Evening Shade. He says she went down the side of a hill, hitting a bank of rocks and was thrown from the ATV. She hit her head on a tree stump.
He says she was not wearing a helmet.
A traffic crash in Jackson County has claimed the life of a Sneads man.
Forty-nine-year old Jerry Dean Foster was killed in a single vehicle accident on Old Spanish Trail three miles east of Grand Ridge.
The Florida Highway Patrol says Foster was eastbound on Old Spanish Trail when he lost control of his pick up truck. It left the roadway and went into a ditch and overturned.
Foster was not wearing a seatbelt and was thrown from the overturning vehicle.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
CANANDAIGUA (AP) — A Maryland woman who jumped from a moving vehicle has died.
Ontario County sheriff’s deputies say Mary Anne Fetter of Baltimore was riding in a van with her sister and another woman late Tuesday night when the two siblings began arguing while traveling in Canandaigua.
Deputies say Fetter opened the sliding door on the van’s passenger and jumped out. She suffered massive head trauma and was transported to Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, where she later died.
Police are investigating the incident.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Friends of a bicyclist who was struck and killed on a Hilliard street are pressing their calls for greater awareness of cyclists on the roads.
Stephen Barbour died July 18 around 6 a.m. while riding on Cemetery Road, 10TV’s Brittany Westbrook reported.
A grand jury on Wednesday indicted Edward Miller for aggravated vehicular homicide, drunken driving and other charges in Barbour’s death. Police said Miller, 28, was driving a pickup truck that struck Barbour. According to police, a breath analysis showed Miller’s blood-alcohol content was a 0.10, which is over the legal limit.
“We feel the legal system hopefully will deal with this in a fair manner,” said Gail Falkinburg, a friend of Barbour.
Falkinburg told 10TV News her focus is not on Miller, but on ensuring that drivers and cyclists are able to share the road safely.
“It’s getting more dangerous every day in all parts of town,” Falkinburg said.
Falkinburg said cyclists have a right to the road and should not be demonized by drivers for asserting that right.
“We’re just other human beings so please treat us that way,” Falkinburg said.
Miller’s attorney Tim Huey told 10TV News that Barbour’s death was a tragic situation, and he cautioned that people should not rush to judgment until all the evidence is heard.
A memorial ride is being planned for Barbour, but Falkinburg does not know whether she will participate. She has not been back on her bike since Barbour was killed.
“I don’t know if I’m ever going to be able to ride it again because this ghost is now with me,” Falkinburg said.
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