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Vehicular Homicide

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Norcross Woman Dies From Car Crash

Shirley Jones, 86, passed away as a result of a two-vehicle collision in Lilburn on Sunday.

From Loganville Patch Norcross-area resident Shirley Jones, 86, died as a result of a two-vehicle crash accident Sunday in Lilburn. From the traffic fatality, Grayson resident James Earl White was charged Monday with vehicular homicide and failure to obey a stop sign. According to the report from Gwinnett County Police, White, 73, was driving a 2005 Lincoln Navigator when he stopped at a stop sign at the intersection of Louis and Killian Hill roads in Lilburn. Jones, driving a 1992 Geo Prizm, was traveling north on Killian Hill Road when White pulled out in front of her, causing a collision. White and his passenger were taken to Gwinnett Medical Center with minor injuries. Jones was transported to Emory Eastside Medical Center where she …

Friday, July 22, 2011

Police: Alcohol Involved in Fatal Norcross Area Accident

Police have arrested a 21-year-old and charged her with vehicular homicide.

A traffic accident early yesterday morning on Jimmy Carter Boulevard resulted in the death of 24-year-old Starkesha Magee. Gwinnett Police have arrested the driver of the car she was in and charged her with DUI, vehicular homicide in the 1st degree and failure to maintain a lane. Police say that Chanae Woodards, 21, was driving a Honda CRV east on Jimmy Carter Boulevard around 4:30 a.m. on July 21 when she struck a Toyota Camry. The driver, 20-year-old Frank Twum, was attempting to turn south on Corley Road. Woodards was “negotiating a curved portion of the road, swerved into the center lane and struck (the Camry) head-on,” according to a police statement. The accident, which occurred in an unincorporated area of Norcross, resulted in …

Desiree Cochran

8:47 pm on Saturday, July 23, 2011

Chanae Woodards was released from custody on bond.   more ›

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