The Occupational Safety and Health Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor will mount an investigation into the circumstances that led to the death of 45-year-old Jeffery Lee McGhee. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, McGhee was operating heavy machinery in a Forsyth County development in early February when the machine hit a tree, killing the operator on impact. The body was taken to the Forsyth County coroner and then sent to the Georgia Bureau...
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Lawmakers in Georgia are considering testimony from former Atlanta Falcons kicker Matt Bryant and others in support of House Bill 673, which is concussion legislation for youth football players. According to the Washington Post, the law, pushed by the NFL and NCAA, requires any youth player with a possible concussion to be removed from a game or practice, and restricts the athlete from competing...
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A Greenville County, South Carolina bus accident has sent nine people to the hospital, including seven students and the drivers of both vehicles that collided, according to Fox Carolina. At around 8:22am on Wednesday, a school bus and a pickup truck crashed, leading to heavy frontal damage to at least the school bus and a bevy of injuries for the drivers and occupants. Although the crash was originally reported as a fatal crash, the Georgia Highway Patrol says that it...
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Twenty-two-year-old Chasity Nicole Jones has been criminally charged after an accident killed a veteran Atlanta Police Department (APD) officer, 46-year-old Gail Thomas. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Thomas had stopped to assist another officer at a one-car accident on the ramp from I-75 southbound at I-85 northbound when she was struck by Jones’ car. Thomas had not yet exited her car completely, and died at the scene. Jones consented to a breathalyzer test and blew a...
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Months after running over and killing a 23-year old woman while on the job, a San Francisco bus driver has been criminally charged for his role in the accident. On August 19th, 23-year-old Emily Dunn was walking across a crosswalk when she was struck by a Muni bus driven by operator Wallace Loggins. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Dunn had just moved for a job to San Francisco from her hometown of Atlanta, where both of her parents still live. They have filed a lawsuit with the...
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Georgia has passed new laws for golf carts, seeking to make them and their drivers safer when driven on the road. WDEF News reports that Georgia’s law specifically applies to "personal transportation vehicles", which must weigh less than 1,375 pounds and not top speeds of 20 mph. This new law requires that golf carts used off the course must be equipped with braking systems, a reverse warning device, tail lamps, a horn, and hip...
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