Wednesday, February 13, 2013
The 67-year-old man may have "experienced some type of medical distress," the spokesman for the Cobb County Police Department said.
The Cobb County Police Department tonight released the identity of the man who died after this morning's single-vehicle accident just west of the intersection of the East-West Connector and Fontaine Road. Just before 11:15 a.m., 67-year-old Nelson Villavicencio of Austell was driving westbound in a white 2011 Hyundai Elantra when he drove off the roadway, said Sgt. Dana Pierce, the spokesman for the police department. The Cobb County Medical Examiner’s Office will conduct an autopsy, but investigators suspect that Villavicencio "may have experienced some type of medical distress" when he drove off the roadway and struck trees on the northern edge of the grass shoulder, Pierce said. He was taken to WellStar Cobb Hospital, where he was …
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Here are headlines from around the region for Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013.
A Cartersville man and woman accused of abusing and sexually assaulting an elderly woman were deemed guilty Monday in Bartow County Superior Court, Assistant District Attorney Mickey Thacker said. A jury found Mark Steven Kent, 52, guilty of aggravated sodomy and sexual battery after his co-defendant, Thelma Helen Riddle, 59, pleaded guilty to abusing an elderly person and testified against Kent in a deal with prosecuting attorneys. Read more on Cartersville Pattch. A Creekview High School drama and English teacher has been arrested and charged with two counts of sexual assault following allegations that he conducted a sexual relationship with a student. Matthew Tamanini, 31, of Canton, allegedly had the affair with the 16-year-old student…
Thursday, January 3, 2013
The fatal crash occurred Thursday afternoon on Interstate 285 near South Cobb Drive.
- POLICE & FIRE
-
Thursday, January 3
Cobb County Police officials are investigating a two-vehicle crash Thursday afternoon in Smyrna that killed a Buford resident. According to a CCPD news release, the crash occurred at about 1:43 p.m. in Smyrna on the westbound Interstate 285 ramp to South Cobb Drive. The incident, according to authorities, saw a red and white 1998 Link Belt HTC8670 crane truck that was stopped in traffic struck in the rear by a black 2012 Chevrolet Cruze. After striking the truck, the Cruze rolled backwards down the ramp toward southbound traffic on I-285, coming to a stop after rolling down the embankment between the interstate and ramp. The crash led to the death of the Cruze’s driver, 42-year-old Sylvester Johnson of Buford, who was transported by …
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Luca Kosic of Marietta was killed in a two-car collision on Smyrna Powder Springs Road late Christmas Eve.
- POLICE & FIRE
-
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
A Marietta woman died late Christmas Eve in a two-car collision on Smyrna Powder Springs Road, and Cobb Police say poor weather conditions, including dense fog, were a contributing factor. Luca Kosic, 46, of Marietta, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident at the intersection of Smryna Powder Springs Road and Trellis Oaks Drive, according to Cobb Police spokesman Michael Bowman. He said Kosic was a passenger in a gold 1999 Toyota Camry traveling southbound on Smyrna Powder Springs Road shortly after 10:30 p.m. Monday when it was struck by a maroon 1994 Toyota Camry heading northbound. Mara Tadic, the driver of the 1999 Camry, and three other passengers in her car, Andeiko Tadic, 23, of Acworth, Angelina Tadic, 27, of Acworth, …
CJ
1:20 pm on Wednesday, December 26, 2012
May Luca rests in peace and her loved ones, family, friends, especially those who were with her in the car find comfort in The Lord, as this accident happened several feet from my driveway and all we could was pray when we went outside and saw the scene. The fog was very thick and I just made it home with my fiancee about 30 minutes earlier. It appeared that the driver of the maroon car either … more ›