In Georgia, car accidents are the second leading cause of injury deaths and the second leading cause of hospitalization and emergency room visits. Accidents can occur for a number of reasons, including dangerous behavior on the part of drivers. Fortunately, there...
Hit & Run Accident
3 Hit on I-75 by Suspected Drunk Driver
Two women were killed and another was seriously injured after they exited their disabled vehicle on I-75 in Stockbridge. According to a report from WSB-TV, the accident occurred just before 3 AM on Saturday when four people were traveling down the interstate in...
Police Arrest Man in Connection with Marietta Hit-and-Run
The Marietta Police Department has arrested a person in connection with a hit-and-run pedestrian accident last weekend that critically injured a 40-year-old man. According to a report from news station 11 Alive, the accident occurred late Sunday night on...
Hit-and-Run Driver Injures 8-Year-Old Child in Atlanta
According to a report from 95.5 WSB, an 8-year-old girl was injured on Sunday when she was struck by a vehicle on Conley Road NE. The driver of the vehicle fled the scene, though their passenger remained at the scene with the child and is cooperating with...
Child Killed in Hit-and-Run Near Atlanta Rec Center
A 9-year-old boy was struck by a vehicle and killed outside of the Rosel Fann Recreation Center in southeast Atlanta Tuesday evening. The accident occurred at about 6:30 PM, and the vehicle that struck the child fled the scene. The boy was transported to an area...
Driver Killed After Being Struck Outside of His Vehicle
According to a report from Fox 5, a driver was killed early Thursday morning in Atlanta, after he struck a guardrail and his vehicle became disabled on the interchange of Georgia Highway 400 onto Interstate 85. The accident occurred shortly after midnight on the exit...
Woman Killed in Hit-and-Run on Old National Highway in College Park
According to a report from WSB-TV 2, family members held a vigil Sunday evening for a woman who was killed in a hit-and-run pedestrian accident on GA 279/ Old National Highway. Police arrived at the scene at around 3:50 AM on Saturday, October 15, to find the...
33-YO Texas Woman Killed in Atlanta Hit-and-Run
Police identified a pedestrian killed in a hit-and-run accident early Monday morning as a 33-year-old woman from San Antonio, TX. The Atlanta Police Department stated that their investigation indicates that the woman was struck by a car shortly after 2 AM when she...
The Steps to Take After a Georgia Hit and Run Accident
Any time a Georgia driver gets involved in a car accident, that driver should stop, exchange insurance information with the other party, and, if needed, report the accident and wait for the police to arrive. Unfortunately, sometimes, drivers may rush away from the...
August Hit-and-Run Victim In Atlanta Faces Long Road to Recovery
Valerie Pableo, of Atlanta, says the part that gets her the most is that the driver never even stopped or slowed down. In the early morning hours on a day in August, as Pableo was walking through the intersection of Peachtree and Mathieson in Buckhead, a black sedan...