(Photo: Marietta Police Department)
A Mississippi resident faces more than a dozen charges after drunkenly driving a 2013 Hyundai Elantra at 113 mph on I-75 in Cobb County, causing a three-vehicle crash Wednesday, May 13, 2020.
According to Marietta police, the intoxicated 25-year-old male made improper lane changes without signaling, around several other vehicles, and failed to maintain his lane on the highway, causing a multi-vehicle crash that seriously injured both himself and his 25-year-old passenger.
The inebriated driver first struck a 2016 Lexus being driven in the same direction on the interstate by a 30-year-old Kennesaw resident, while trying to change lanes.
“During the lane change the two vehicles collided causing Braggs to lose control of the Hyundai,” Officer Chuck McPhilamy, spokesman for the Marietta Police Department, stated. “The Hyundai struck the median wall before reentering the roadway and striking a tractor-trailer being driven by a 54-year-old…”
The driver and the passenger of the 2013 Hyundai Elantra were both transported to Wellstar Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, police said, where the driver was intubated due to his level of intoxication and unwillingness to cooperate with staff. After they were discharged from the hospital they were both arrested by the Marietta Police Department.
People Related to the Collision/Article
- Adrian Deonta Martez Thompson 25 Jackson, Mississippi (passenger)
- 30-year-old Kennesaw resident Wesley Jackson (2016 Lexus)
- 54-year-old Clifton Carter of Orange Park, Florida. (tractor trailer)
- Nicholas Demonthenes Braggs, 25 Jackson, Mississippi, 2013 Hyundai Elantra (intoxicated driver)
Source: MDJ Online and AJC
TMAPC’s Legal Take
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