Wisconsin Teen Killed in Albany Crash

Disaster struck a Wisconsin family on Saturday while passing through Albany, GA, returning from vacation. A pickup truck that swerved from the oncoming lane on a four-lane state highway northeast of Albany.

According to a report in the Tomah Journal, Jesse Parker, 17, of Tomah, Wisconsin, was killed. HIs sister, Gabrielle, 16, was in critical condition. Their parents, Bradley and Jennifer Parker, were reported in good physical condition, though their grief must be unbearable.

The driver of the pickup, Janette Norem, 45, of Cordele, Ga., also died in the crash. A tractor trailer was also involved in the incident.

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Ken Shigley is a trial attorney in Atlanta, Georgia who has been listed among the “Legal Elite” (Georgia Trend Magazine), as a “Super Lawyer” (Atlanta Magazine), and in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers (Martindale). He is a Certified Civil Trial Advocate of the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Mr. Shigley has extensive experience representing parties in trucking and bus accidents, products liability, catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, brain injury, spinal cord injury and burn injury cases. Currently he is Treasurer of the 40,000 member State Bar of Georgia.