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Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Brenda Travis was in the crosswalk when she was hit by the bus. Leroy Brown said that he sounded his horn but the pedestrian was distracted by her cellphone.  Atlanta police said Brown was traveling at a speed at which he should have been able to slow down, and he was charged with failure to yield to pedestrian and homicide by vehicle, 2nd degree, both misdemeanors.
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Saturday, August 30, 2014

Wesley McKay was a basketball coach at local Wheeler High School, who unfortunately died after being stuck by a vehicle.

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Monday, July 21, 2014

A tow-truck driver was struck and killed while trying to help a disabled vehicle on I-20. The accident happened at about 2 p.m.

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Saturday, June 28, 2014

A motorcycle passenger killed in a Sunday morning accident has been identified as Ellie Morris, according to Fulton County Medical Examiner's office.

Morris, 33, was from the metro Atlanta area.

According to Atlanta police, Jessica Johnson was driving on the southbound side of the I-75/85 connector and tried to get in the left lane to get on to I-20.

Johnson's Hyundai Sonata hit the back of the motorcycle and Morris was a passenger. Morris fell off and was hit by Johnson's car.

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Friday, May 23, 2014

A 55-year-old man from Peachtree City was killed in a wreck in Coweta County on Saturday night.

Michael Allen Naber was driving southbound on Fischer Road around 9:55 p.m. when a northbound vehicle driven by Robert Charles Diaz entered his path and there was a collision, the Georgia State Patrol said. Naber died at the scene.

Diaz, 34, of Sharpsburg, was transported to Atlanta Medical Center. There was no immediate word on his condition.

The investigation into the crash is continuing and the report has not been completed, the GSP said.

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Saturday, April 19, 2014

A 24-year-old woman faces charges after police say she was driving a vehicle that hit and killed a man on Interstate 285 in Atlanta.

Police say a man was walking in the emergency lane of the interstate around 4:45 a.m. Sunday when he was hit by a vehicle. Police say Tabatha Williams was the driver of the vehicle.

Williams faces charges of first-degree vehicular homicide, DUI and reckless driving. She was being held in the Fulton County jail and it wasn't immediately clear whether she had a lawyer.

A passenger in the vehicle suffered minor injuries.

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Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Witnesses said a man who was visibly upset deliberately drove his car into the front entrance of a southwest Atlanta Kroger Wednesday evening.

The Kroger, located at 590 Cascade Ave., was closed for the night after the crash, but reopened at 6 a.m. Thursday.

Witnesses said three women were transported to area hospitals because of leg injuries. A Kroger manager said that no employees were among the injured.

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Wednesday, April 9, 2014
A drunk, wrong-way driver did not stop until she caused a head-on collision Thursday morning. The accident occurred at the Downtown Connector ramp to I-20. The driver of the car, Monica Arrington, 38, went to Grady Memorial Hospital for treatment of her injuries. Arrington was charged with DUI, reckless driving and driving on the wrong side of the road.
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Thursday, March 27, 2014
A toddler was hospitalized after a single-vehicle crash in South Fulton County on Friday. According to Georgia State Patrol, the accident happened after a Lincoln Navigator, carrying six people, traveling north on I-85 hit the median. Authorities say a three-year-old child was ejected during the accident and landed in the opposite direction. The child was transported to Egleston in serious condition.
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Friday, March 14, 2014
An officer-involved car crash Saturday morning left one person dead. It happened around 1:30 a.m. in Atlanta on Cleveland Avenue. Investigators said the Atlanta officer was on his way to a call when a van turned into his path. They did not immediately know whether the officer's lights and sirens were activated when the accident happened. One person in the van died. He was later identified as Aarron Brown, Sr., 57. A second person was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital with serious injuries. The officer complained of minor injuries. The names of those involved were not immediately released.