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GSU student arrested for recklessly driving Ninja through town
Sachin Vishnoi By Joe Johnson A Georgia State University student was arrested last week for allegedly driving a motorcycle at nearly...

Classic City News
May 241 min read
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Man caught doing 111 mph on Athens Perimeter arrested for reckless driving
Samee Rahim Bhamani B y Joe Johnson A man was recently arrested for reckless driving by a police officer who clocked his car traveling at...

Classic City News
Apr 301 min read
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Second pedestrian struck by car in eastside crosswalk has died
By Joe Johnson The second pedestrian who was struck by a car Friday night in east Athens has died. The incident occurred at around 8:40...

Classic City News
Apr 281 min read
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Uber Eats drivers clash in McDonald’s parking lot
By Joe Johnson A pair of food delivery drivers recently fought outside an Athens fast food restaurant, resulting in one of them being...

Classic City News
Apr 271 min read
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Pedestrians struck by car on Gaines School Road, one fatally
By Joe Johnson Two pedestrians were struck by a car Friday night on Gaines School Road, one of whom reportedly died at the scene....

Classic City News
Apr 261 min read
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Drunk driver arrested after plowing car into truck on Lexington Road
Collin O’Neal Smith By Joe Johnson A 51-year-old Athens man was pulling into a gas station on Lexington Road the night of March 14 when a...

Classic City News
Mar 271 min read
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GSP identifies Athens man killed on Lexington Road
By Joe Johnson The pedestrian who was killed Monday night on Lexington Road has been identified as 68-year-old Ronald Brown of Athens....

Classic City News
Mar 121 min read
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Pedestrian killed on Lexington Road
By Joe Johnson A pedestrian was killed Monday night when struck by a vehicle on Lexington Road in Athens. The incident happened soon...

Classic City News
Mar 111 min read
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Watkinsville teen charged with reckless driving, DUI
Sarvesh Tamil Prabhu By Joe Johnson A teenager from Watkinsville was arrested last week for allegedly driving recklessly and while...

Classic City News
Feb 271 min read
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Intoxicated woman driving wrecked car flips off officer making traffic stop
Elizabeth Ann Burgess By Joe Johnson An Athens woman was recently arrested when she was found drunk-driving a car that had been badly...

Classic City News
Feb 242 min read
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‘Whoosh’ of vehicle leads to driver’s arrest for DUI and stolen gun
Fisher David Procter By Joe Johnson A police officer was assisting with a traffic stop on Epps Bridge Parkway last weekend when a van...

Classic City News
Feb 151 min read
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Two Winder teens killed in Hall County traffic accident
By Joe Johnson Two teenagers from Winder were killed over the weekend when they were involved in a Hall County traffic accident. Dinu...

Classic City News
Feb 41 min read
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Athens man charged with vehicular homicide for deadly DUI crash
John Fitzhugh Orchard By Joe Johnson An Athens man was arrested on Tuesday for vehicular homicide in connection with a collision last...

Classic City News
Jan 231 min read
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SUV kills pedestrian, injures another in Classic Center crosswalk
By Joe Johnson A pedestrian was killed and another was injured when they were struck by an SUV while crossing the street in front of the...

Classic City News
Jan 211 min read
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Athens man killed by car when crossing West Broad Street
By Joe Johnson A 63-year-old Athens man was killed Tuesday morning when struck by a car on West Broad Street. Joseph Buckles was crossing...

Classic City News
Jan 71 min read
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Fundraiser for family of man killed in Athens traffic accident
The following was written by a longtime friend of Edward Nadeau, a 56-year-old resident of Commerce who was killed last week in a two-car...

Classic City News
Dec 24, 20243 min read
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And things only got worse…
Fire crews were on scene Tuesday for a two-car collision on Commerce Road. Both drivers were entrapped and fire crews used extrication...

Classic City News
Dec 19, 20241 min read
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Deadly day on Athens roadways: 2 killed in separate crashes
By Joe Johnson Police are investigating two fatal traffic accidents that both occurred Tuesday on Athens roadways. The first happened at...

Classic City News
Dec 19, 20241 min read
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Athens police investigating pair of fatal traffic accidents
By Joe Johnson Police are investigating two fatal traffic accidents that both occurred Tuesday on Athens roadways. The first happened at...

Classic City News
Dec 18, 20241 min read
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Wrong-way driving UGA prof who fled from cop gets off with traffic tickets
By Joe Johnson A University of Georgia professor last week allegedly tried to flee from a police officer who tried stopping him for...

Classic City News
Dec 18, 20242 min read
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