The four people killed this week in a fiery crash on I-75 near Valdosta, Georgia, have been identified. They were a family from central Kentucky — Jerome Roberts, 40, Cheryl Collins, 41, MaRhonda Collins, 20, and August Roberts, 11, all of Midway, Kentucky. The horror of death by fire is almost unspeakable.
Continue reading ›The driver of an Atlanta ice cream truck was seriously injured this morning when a tractor trailer pulled out in front of him. According to a report by Chip Towers in the AJC, a tractor trailer on Camp Creek Parkway turned left on a green light, but without a green turn arrow. An ice cream…
Continue reading ›This Tuesday, I had a mostly pleasant interview with the Georgia Judicial Nominating Commission. Friends had submitted my name for a vacancy on the Supreme Court of Georgia, and duly flattered I went through the process. However, I went into it expecting nothing, and was not disappointed when that’s exactly what I got. I now extend my…
Continue reading ›No one who has not experienced a severe burn can begin to fathom the severity of the pain involved. If kidney stones and childbirth rank a 10 on the 10 point pain scale, hydrotherapy and debridement after massive second degree burns rank in the hundreds or thousands on the same scale. There are no words…
Continue reading ›Four people were killed in a fiery crash at 2:30 this moming on I-75 near Valdosta, when a car and a Penske rental truck collided. The rental truck collided with one vehicle, then came to rest on top of a third vehicle, according to Mike Morris in the AJC. The fire was so intense that…
Continue reading ›No matter how often it happens, the useless tragedy is never less shocking. About 4 AM last Friday on I-65 in Indiana, a family of five was killed when a tractor trailer rear-ended their vehicle which had slowed for traffic Several years ago, something similar happened to a family in our neighborhood in Sandy Springs.…
Continue reading ›All my life, I have traveled back and forth across Taylor’s Ridge near Summerville in Chattooga County. Just last weekend, I drove my dad over that route to attend a reunion at Menlo, where he was principal of the school back when Menlo had a high school and a red light. Driving down the side…
Continue reading ›Last Tuesday in Magee, Mississippi, a tractor trailer crashed into the rear of a family van stopped at redlight. All four members of the family in the van were killed. The 18 wheeler was operated by JNJ Express of Memphis. According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, JNJ Express is a general freight hauler…
Continue reading ›On Friday, 6/26/09, on I-44 near Miami, Oklahoma, a tractor trailer slammed into a line of stopped traffic, killing nine people. The tractor trailer driver apparently made no attempt to slow or stop. Whether the driver was fatigued or distracted was not immediately reported. Witnesses described the pileup in 100 degree heat as looking like…
Continue reading ›On Friday, 6/26/09, on I-44 near Miami, Oklahoma, a tractor trailer slammed into a line of stopped traffic, killing nine people. The tractor trailer driver apparently made no attempt to slow or stop. Whether the driver was fatigued or distracted was not immediately reported. Witnesses described the pileup in 100 degree heat as looking like…
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