In Lowndes County, a school bus and motorcycle accident has left one man injured, according to WCTV.tv. The biker, 22-year-old Arrington Perry, was struck by a school bus on Skipper Bridge Road. He was waiting to turn when the bus driver, later cited with following too closely, plowed into him without any apparent attempt to slow down, according to an eyewitness report. The bus driver, 78-year-old Mae White, has reportedly been suspended pending further investigation by the school system.

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Three years ago, 17-year-old Cody Roszina suffered a brain injury at the Cherokee County YMCA. Last week, his brain injury lawsuit was settled for just under $500,000, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution. The case asserted that the YMCA was negligent in supervising the youth offenders involved in one of their programs, though the organization denies this claim. In spite of settling the lawsuit, the YMCA reportedly admits no guilt in this situation.

Roszina, now 20 and suffering from...
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After striking a car in a Dawson County Kroger parking lot, the 20-year-old driver of a pickup truck reportedly tried to escape, only to barrel into a power pole. According to the Gainesville Times, the pole fell down, crushing the pickup and trapping a 13-year-old girl inside. Because the pickup was pushed against a pole with live wires, the girl was not able to be freed for almost two hours and had to be flown to Atlanta Egleston Children's Hospital. The girl remains in serious condition. Additionally,...
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An Atlanta lawyer has reportedly been sentenced to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges stemming from a drinking-related crash in 2006 that killed one woman and seriously injured two others. According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, after attending a Falcons game, 40-year-old Antonio Tolliver got behind the wheel of his car and tried to drive home. At the intersection of Fort and Ellis streets in Atlanta, Tolliver reportedly ran a red light and smashed into a taxi, killing...
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A Georgia moped accident left a rider seriously injured on the morning of September 14, 2011. Jason Herod, age 34, was struck by another driver as he proceeded southbound on Sardis Church Road in Moultrie, according to a report in the Moultrie Observer. The driver of the car was reportedly charged with multiple offenses, including driving with a suspended license, failure to yield, probation violation, and DUI less safe, meaning police will need to testify to his inebriation, as opposed to...
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In a new report released by AARP, The Commonwealth Fund and The SCAN Foundation, southern states are shown to lag far behind in providing reasonably priced, high-quality long-term care support services for the elderly. The State Long-Term Services and Supports Scorecard (LTSS) shows a high concentration of southeastern states fall into the bottom quartile (bottom 25%). States occupying the bottom quartile are Mississippi, Alabama, West Virginia, Oklahoma, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Florida, Louisiana, Georgia, New York, and...
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A Pooler, Georgia McDonalds has reopened one day after ten people were overcome with toxic fumes emanating from the facility’s bathroom. According to CBS News, one of these victims has died as a result. Anne Felton, 80, of Ponte Verda, Fla. reportedly passed away early on Thursday after being found unconscious in the bathroom of the fast food chain restaurant. In addition to Felton, one other customer was found unconscious in the bathroom and eight more experienced trouble breathing,...
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The Georgia Health Sciences University is running a clinical trial to determine whether cord blood, which remains in the umbilical cord and placenta following birth, is a safe way to ease cerebral palsy symptoms, according to The Augusta Chronicle. The trial launched last year, and a similar clinical study has since commenced at Duke University. These clinical studies followed on the heels of animal research which found that adult-type stem...
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After a two-year-old died of heatstroke under the care of Marlo’s Magnificent Early Learning Center, the Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning (DECAL) made the decision to revoke the center’s license. In June, after a field trip to Chuck E. Cheese’s, two-year-old Jazmin Green was left in a van outside the center for two to three hours, which reportedly led to her death. The outside temperature was estimated at around 90 degrees that day.  Through an investigation following the...
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