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Date: 
Wednesday, June 17, 2015

18-year-old Janeal Priester was driving east on Old Villa Rica Road, and was attempting to turn left onto northbound Georgia Highway 61, but failed to yield to a southbound car on that road driven by Sarah Dowdy, 22. Priester's car was hit on the driver's side, killing both her and the front seat passenger Nicholas Wright, 17, her boyfriend of two years. Priester's younger brother, 16-year-old Joshua Priester, was in the back seat and taken to the hospital via helicopter for treatment of injuries. Dowdy was also hospitalized with injuries, but her condition is unknown.

Date: 
Thursday, May 7, 2015

Shortly before 10:00 p.m., a 17-year-old girl was exiting the parking lot of a pizza restaurant, and was turning left onto Maryland Parkway but failed to yield to a northbound motorcycle on the road, and the two vehicles collided. The 27-year-old male driver of the motorcycle and his passenger, a 22-year-old woman, were both thrown from their vehicle and sustained serious to critical injuries. The 17-year-old driver then fled the scene, but was found and arrested a short time later. No one in the car was injured in the crash. Check back for updates.

 

Date: 
Friday, April 24, 2015
William Gerringer was driving on Mebane Rogers Road towards his high school when he attempted to make a left turn onto West Lake Trail. He failed to yield to another vehicle driven by Melissa Davis, 48, and the vehicles struck head-on. A medical helicopter transported Gerringer to a hospital in Chapel Hill. Davis and her two children were taken by ambulance to Alamance Regional Medical Center. Both vehicles were totalled.
Date: 
Thursday, February 12, 2015
At about 2:20pm, Rector was exiting a Mobil gas station onto Adams street, but failed to yield to a westbound car on the road, which struck her car on the driver's side. The collision seriously injured both Rector and Mulders, who was a passenger in her vehicle, and Rector was airlifted to a hospital. The driver of the westbound car, identified as Tiffany DeRoo, 20, was hospitalized with minor injuries, and the three passengers in her car, which included two children aged 3 and 5, sustained minor injuries but were not hospitalized.