Two years ago, Cathy and Mark Alonzo's daughter, Isabella, was killed at the age of 18 as a result of a "Frankensteined" guardrail that penetrated her car and impaled her as she was driving on I-75 in Peach County. Now, the grieving parents are warning...
Catastrophic Injury
Teen Killed in Motorcycle Accident Outside Marietta High School
A 17-year-old boy was killed on Friday on Piedmont Road in Marietta, just outside the entrance to Sprayberry High School as the result of an accident involving the motorcycle he was riding and a car. The accident occurred just before noon when a 25-year-old driving a...
Woman Dies After Polk County Skydiving Accident
Polk County woman died as a result of a mishap during her first solo training skydiving session at Skydive Spaceland Atlanta, north of Atlanta, on Sunday. According to a statement released by Skydive Spaceland, the 26-year-old woman was using her own parachute system...
3 Dead in LaGrange College Baseball Team Accident
Just hours after winning the conference championship, two LaGrange baseball players were among three killed in a two-vehicle car accident Saturday night on Roanoke Road near Paddle Wheel Drive in LaGrange Saturday night. The players -- both freshmen pitchers --...
Pedal Pub Driver Charged with DUI; 15 Injured in Midtown Accident
Fifteen people were injured on Saturday in a Midtown accident involving a "Pedal Pub"which is an electric vehicle that resembles a large bike that is steered by a driver while passengers help pedal it, often while drinking alcohol. The accident occurred at about 6:30...
15-Year Sentence for Crash-Induced Brain Injury
A man was sentenced to 15 years in prison last week for a high-speed crash that caused another driver to sustain a traumatic brain injury. According to a report from the Cobb County Courier, the accident occurred on March 20, 2019, when the victim was attempting to...
Tractor-Trailer Accident Near Downtown Connector
A commercial truck driver was hospitalized in serious condition at Grady Hospital on Thursday after the tractor-trailer they were driving fell from the Fulton Street Bridge onto Pulliam Street in Atlanta. The incident occurred shortly after 3 AM, when the truck fell...
Easter Morning Crash Leaves 1 Dead, 1 Injured in DeKalb County
An accident on Interstate 20 early Easter morning left one dead and another injured in DeKalb County. The accident occurred at about 3:30 Sunday morning near Wesley Chapel Road. Responding officers discovered two people seriously injured at the scene. Both were...
Man Slips, Falls Onto Tracks, Is Killed by MARTA Train
A man was struck and killed by a MARTA train in Midtown Atlanta Tuesday morning. Police say that their investigation into the incident has led them to believe that the man, who was reportedly standing in a restricted area on the platform for the southbound trackway,...
Hit-and-Run Driver Leaves Wallet at Deadly Crash
According to a report from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, police state that a hit-and-run driver left their wallet at the scene of a deadly Cobb County crash last week, leading to his arrest hours later. The accident occurred at around 3 AM on Wednesday, when the...