Drunk driving car crashes often have devastating consequences for everyone involved. For example, a 20-year-old Georgia man may be forced to give up his dream of becoming a U.S. Army officer after being hit by a drunk driver on Feb. 12. In addition, the 63-year-old...
A funeral in Lilburn turned into a frightening spectacle for a Georgia family trying to bury a deceased 90-year-old grandmother. Local police said that a man ignored traffic stopped for a funeral procession and slammed his vehicle into a hearse carrying the body at...
Most people in Acworth, Georgia are aware that a statewide ban on handheld electronic devices was enacted last year as the Hands Free Georgia Act. The law is intended to reduce incidents of distracted driving. But now new legislation is being proposed to prevent the...
Georgia residents may have heard that a 29-year-old man has been charged with driving under the influence after a multi-car crash in South Carolina. South Carolina Highway Patrol officers detained the man following the accident. The early morning crash left two people...
A 16-year-old driver told state patrol troopers that he fell asleep before crossing the center line on Georgia Highway 14 in LaGrange and causing a head-on collision. A state patrol corporal reported that two people died in the accident, and another remains...
Most Georgia drivers fear getting hit by a drunk driver. Getting into a vehicle that has an inebriated person behind the wheel can be just as dangerous. For example, a woman is facing felony DUI charges after she allegedly caused a deadly drunk driving crash in South...
Speeding is a persistent factor in traffic accidents, causing nearly one in three automobile-related fatalities every year. This is according to a report from the Governors Highway Safety Association entitled "Speeding Away from Zero: Rethinking a Forgotten Traffic...
A 55-year-old South Carolina man was killed in an automobile accident in the early morning hours of Jan. 20 in Greenville County. The man was a passenger in a 1994 Ford pickup truck driven by a 29-year old man. Both men were from Travelers Rest. According to the South...
On Jan. 18, a man pleaded guilty to one count of misdemeanor vehicular homicide in connection with a fatal bus crash that occurred in Georgia in 2017. The accident took the life a teenage missionary from Huntsville, Alabama. According to Fulton County authorities, the...
Georgia drivers who are involved in accidents in which distracted driving is a factor may not always report the cause accurately. This is one of the challenges faced in gathering information about the relationship between distracted driving, including cellphone use,...
