In an update to a previous post concerning a hit and run diver that struck and a 17-year-old man, the police have identified the owner of the vehicle in the hit and run incident: Edgar Pena-Fernandez. Pena-Fernandez, of Lawrenceville, is wanted for questioning regarding his vehicle and its involveme
Right after Christmas, four cheerleaders from Hauser High School were involved in a car accident while in route to the Capital One Bowl in Orlando, Florida. The cheerleaders were selected to perform at the New Year’s Day game but did not make it after another car swerved into their path causing the
A recent auto accident involving the Minnesota Vikings cornerback Fred Smoot will sideline the athlete for the teams final regular game of the season. Details of the auto accident show Smoot broke his jaw in five places during the auto accident and as a result, Smoot subsequently had to have surgery
The Christmas holiday period takes its toll in Georgia as a 17-year-old Roswell woman was tragically killed Christmas morning after being ejected and struck by a hit and run driver on I-285 near Ashford Dunwoody Road. Devon McKniff, deceased, was a passenger in the truck driven by Victor Cardajal-Al
A Gwinnett teenager was tragically killed by a hit and run driver while riding his bicycle last night on Buford Highway. Jacob Paoleta, of Lawrenceville died at the scene, while his friend and fellow bicycle rider, Walter Lester, was taken to Gwinnett Medical Center for his injuries. According to th
Are you too tried to being driving? Just ask your siliva, it just might tell you the answer according to leading researchers. In a new movement to combat drivers who are excessively tired, researchers are in the process of developing a new “fatigue-alyzer” that shows a link between drowsiness and in
With hunting season in full swing, motor vehicle accidents involving deer are on the rise in Georgia. According to State Farm’s annual claim statistics, Georgia ranks fifth in the country for deer related accidents. With these alarming statistics, it is incumbent for drivers to be on the look out fo
The Fatal Fifteen is a list of states that rank the highest in the country for accidents with impaired drivers at the wheel. The list is complied by a group called End Need Less Death On Our Roadways (END) and is made up mostly physicians who actively seek to reduce the number of impaired drivers on
In a recent aviation accident, the pilot of a single engine four person plane was killed after an unexpected crash. The plane left out of the Dekalb-Peachtree Airport in Atlanta and was headed to Charlotte Douglas International Airport. The Federal Aviation Administration said they are not sure what
In a recent opinion from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, pregnant women are being told to not take the antidepressant Paxil because of the increased risk of birth defects in a fetus. This group’s view comports with the same findings the FDA noted earlier this year when two o
While working on the third floor of a new dormitory at Spring Hill College in Mobile Alabama, a 25-year-old man was suddenly crushed by 10-by-8 concrete wall that collapsed on him. Angelo Sanchez, deceased, lived in Atlanta but was working on the project for his employer at the time of the incident.
In a tragic pedestrian accident, a 16 year old boy was killed the other day as he was getting onto a school bus. The Northwest Whitfield High School student was struck by a vehicle driven by Juan Teran. At this time no Charges have been filed against Teran but a through investigation is still pendin
