Category Archives: Pedestrian Accidents
Woman Arrested in Connection to Fatal Hit-and-Run Accident
It is a fact of life that accidents can happen at any time and anywhere. Even if you are a pedestrian, you can find yourself involved in an automobile accident. That is the case when a woman hit and killed a pedestrian in a hit-and-run accident that happened in unincorporated Norcross last month. According… Read More »
Woman Charged with DUI after Brookhaven Pedestrian Accident
People who drive under the influence of alcohol are a danger to everyone around them, causing untold amounts of damage and often spreading tragedy wherever they go. Like anyone else who commits acts that harm others, they should be responsible for paying for that harm, including medical bills, repairs, and other losses suffered by… Read More »
Don’t let the snow get you down
Yesterday, Atlanta was hit with a snowstorm that rivaled the ‘snowmageddon’ that happened in 2011. Cars were stranded, buses fell off the road into ditches, and ten minute commutes expanded into 3 hour commutes. There were reports of people taking upwards of six hours to get home. It started snowing early in the day… Read More »
Family Goes to the Legislature to Propose New Road Rage Law
When a close family member dies in an accident, especially a young person, parents may feel that the actions of the court are not enough to punish the people in the crime. Lawsuits and criminal charges can only go so far. Sometimes a parent will decide that they need to take their demands to… Read More »
Man Dies While Changing Tire on the Perimeter
Anyone who has driven on the Perimeter knows how dangerous it can be to stop on the shoulder. Atlanta drivers aren’t particularly safe. Speeding is very common especially on the interstates, and many places on I-285 aren’t safe to pull over onto the shoulder. Accidents on I-285 happen every day. Unfortunately, in an accident… Read More »
Hit and Run Offender Charged with Murder
Accidents happen every day across the city, but when someone injures someone deliberately that raises things to an entirely different level. That’s what police say happened in southeast Atlanta last Sunday when a woman got hit by a car at Gartrell Street and Boulevard. Police say that the 53-year-old woman who was killed deliberately… Read More »
Pedestrian Killed Walking on Spaghetti Junction
We we drive around in Atlanta, we try to avoid hitting the ramps of Spaghetti Junction. If at all possible, we’ll take the surface roads to go from Buford Highway to Jimmy Carter and then pick up I-85 from there. Better still, we’ll take Peachtree Industrial. It’s difficult to think about the circumstances surrounding… Read More »
Macon Five-Year-Old Tragically Killed in Pedestrian Accident With Bibb County School Bus
A five-year-old Macon child was tragically killed when she was hit by a Bibb County School bus near her home. The Barden Elementary School kindergartener was reportedly crossing Virginia Drive with other children around 4 pm when she was struck by a rear tire on the passenger vehicle. According to the Macon Police Department,… Read More »
Pedestrian Killed by Semi While Crossing Highway in Conyers
A 67-year-old Conyers man was recently killed in a Rockdale County pedestrian accident that involved a tractor-trailer. Melvin Duerson was reportedly walking his bicycle across Georgia Highway 138 near South Main Street in Conyers when he was hit by a semi-truck that was headed north. Immediately following the collision, emergency responders allegedly transported Duerson… Read More »
Two Carrollton Police Officers Injured While Investigating Hit-and-Run Pedestrian Accident
Two Carrollton law enforcement officers were recently injured while investigating a hit-and-run pedestrian accident when a motor vehicle unexpectedly struck them in the road. According to the Georgia State Patrol, Brent Dougans and Mario Potts were hit while standing in the street near the intersection of Bankhead Highway and Almon Road at night. A… Read More »
