Monday, February 4, 2013
Check out these Patch headlines from communities not far from Alpharetta and Milton.
4 People Found Dead in Johns Creek Apartment - Johns Creek Patch Four people have been found dead in Aylesbury Farms apartments on Abbotts Bridge Road, the Johns Creek Police Department reported. Police found the bodies of two adults and two children mid-morning today, Monday, Feb. 4, while conducting a welfare check, said Johns Creek's Communications Manager Rosemary Taylor, who added that all four bodies were found in one unit, No. 601. Read more about this story on Johns Creek Patch. 2 Teens Die in Sandy Plains Road Crash - East Cobb Patch Two teenagers were killed in East Cobb early Sunday morning when the car in which they were riding crashed into a brick sign and caught fire. Sgt. Dana Pierce of the Cobb Police Department said the …
Monday, December 24, 2012
Another traffic fatality has been reported by the Georgia State Patrol, whose troopers investigated 685 crashes with 300 injuries.
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Monday, December 24, 2012
UPDATED 2:15 P.M., DEC. 26: Links to articles about Duluth and Smyrna fatal accidents are included. Seventeen traffic deaths were reported in the 102-hour Christmas holiday travel period,which began Friday at 6 p.m. and ended at midnight, Christmas Day, according to the Georgia State Patrol. There were 685 crashes with 300 injuries and 11 deaths investigated by the Georgia State Patrol (GSP). Other agencies have reported six traffic fatalities, including a fatal two-car collision in Smyrna just before midnight on Monday that claimed the life of a Marietta woman and a one-car accident in Duluth that claimed that driver's life on Christmas Day. The fatalities count is much higher than in 2011 already, when three traffic deaths were reported…
Monday, November 26, 2012
Speed, alcohol or failure to wear a seat belt are blamed in almost all of the fatal crashes.
The 102-hour Thanksgiving holiday travel period ended at midnight with 19 traffic fatalities reported across the state. The Georgia State Patrol investigated 11 of the 19 fatal crashes that occurred between 6 p.m. Wednesday and midnight. The 19 traffic fatalities is one more than in 2011. State troopers investigated a total of 622 traffic crashes during the period that resulted in 263 injuries. Of the 11 traffic deaths investigated by troopers, alcohol is suspected as a contributing factor in 4 of the crashes, and 7 of the victims were not using seat belts. There was one fatal pedestrian collision investigated by troopers. Almost all of the fatal crashes involved either speed, alcohol or the victim failing to use a seat belt. Local law …
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
The GSP reports 10 traffic fatalities across the state during the Labor Day weekend, a drop since 2010.
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Tuesday, September 4, 2012
At least 10 motorists were killed over the Labor Day Weekend, according to Georgia State Patrol. That number is down from last year, during which there were 15 traffic fatalities. In 2010, 19 were reported. Fatalities were reported from Cobb County Police, Gwinnett County Police, Henry County Police, GSP Douglas, GSP Toccoa, GSP Valdosta, two from GSP Cartersville, and two from GSP Madison, according to the Georgia Department of Public Safety website. Georgia State Patrol investigated a total of 373 traffic accidents, which resulted in 230 injuries. On top of the accidents, GSP arrested a total of 240 people for driving under the influence. The 78-hour travel weekend began on Friday, Aug. 31 at 6 p.m. and ended on Monday, Sept. 3 at …
