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Saturday, February 15, 2014
A tire blowout caused a violent crash near the Almaville Road exit on I-24 in Smyrna early Sunday morning. State troopers say the driver lost control of the vehicle when it happened and veered into a guardrail. Two adults and two children were taken to Vanderbilt. The victims' injuries are not considered life-threatening.
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Thursday, February 13, 2014

A woman was killed Friday morning after an ice-related crash.

Alice Tucker, 71, of Douglasville lost control of her vehicle on a patch of ice around 6:45 a.m.

Tucker was traveling westbound on Georgia Highway 6 in Paulding County.

Her vehicle crossed the median and hit an eastbound F-550 truck.

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Saturday, February 8, 2014

Authorities are investigating a crash in Hall County that left five people hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries.

A State Patrol Trooper stated that an RV traveling north on Georgia Route 365 on Sunday hit a minivan. Police stated that upon impact, an unoccupied Jeep the RV was towing became unhitched, veered down an embankment and landed in a lake.

Five people who were injured were taken to the Northeast Georgia Medical Center.

The person driving the minivan will be charged with failing to obey a traffic light. The driver's name hasn't been released.

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Saturday, February 8, 2014

One is dead, another injured after a two-vehicle crash in Harris County.

Crystal Fuller, 29, died around 7:30 p.m. Sunday night when her car crossed over the center divider and collided with another vehicle on State Road 85, according to the Harris County coroner. The crash happened north of Waverly Hall near Alabama Road.

Fuller pronounced dead at the scene. The other victim, whose identity has not yet been released, was transferred to the Medical Center in Columbus with non-life threatening injuries.

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Friday, February 7, 2014

Two people were ejected from a car in a DeKalb County accident Saturday.

According to DeKalb County fire, the accident occurred at Stone Mountain Highway and I-285.

Both of the people ejected were taken to Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta in critical condition.

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Wednesday, February 5, 2014

One woman is dead after a multiple-vehicle collision on Interstate 85 southbound Thursday morning.

The accident closed all lanes at Interstate 285 for a couple of hours.

According to preliminary reports, the woman was killed after being struck by her car while examining the car which had been forced into oncoming traffic after striking a guardrail.

Authorities are still investigating this incident.

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Thursday, January 30, 2014
An Ellenwood woman was in a Douglas County courtroom Monday to face a judge for the first time, following a fatal car accident Friday night in a Douglasville townhome community. Brehonna Turner, 23, faces charges of aggravated assault and felony murder in the death of Alexandria Wells, 23.
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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

The mad rush began at the first sight of snow: Across the Atlanta area, schools let out early and commuters left for home after lunch, instantly creating gridlock so severe that security guards and doormen took to the streets to direct cars amid a cacophony of blaring horns.

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Tuesday, January 28, 2014
A Locust Grove High School student was killed as a result of an accident that happened due to inclement weather conditions. Authorities say the incident occurred on Coan Road, just east of Willow Creek Drive in McDonough when a pickup truck, driven by 17-year-old Nash Beever, struck a tree. The white Ford Ranger, which was also occupied by four other people, left the roadway around 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday evening.
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Monday, January 27, 2014

Law enforcement agencies throughout Georgia responded to hundreds of crashes as snow fell throughout the region and drivers spent hours struggling through commutes that would typically take minutes.

Georgia State Patrol spokesman Gordy Wright says troopers have responded to more than 500 crashes throughout the state since late Tuesday morning. Wright says 65 injuries and no fatalities have been reported. Crashes appear to have been concentrated in northwest Georgia, west Georgia and the metro Atlanta area.