Fulton County, Georgia - 19 May 2009
Kayla Lemons, 9, was honored by her classmates at Stonewall Tell Elementary School, located in Southwest Fulton County. She, along with five others (her mother, father, infant brother and an occupant in another car), lost their lives on Camp Creek Parkway (S.R. 6) at Old Fairburn Road on Easter Sunday, being hit by a reckless hit-and-run driver (Aimee Michael, 22). Michael wasn't apprehended for about two weeks. Her wrecked BMW sat in her garage for two days and was partially fixed. When Michael was apprehended and brought before the judge, she was charged with five counts of vehicular homicide and felony hit-and-run. Thank God that the judge denied bond, as this young lady didn't have the good sense to stay at the scene of a chain reaction crash that she initiated. Michael's mother (Sheila Michael, 52) was charged, as well. She was charged with tampering with evidence and hindering apprehension of a criminal.
This is one reason why driver education needs to be reinstituted. The younger Michael had at least, according to prosecutors, two speeding tickets -- in one day, when she attended the University of Pittsburgh. What the hell is that?!
Camp Creek Parkway is a major thoroughfare that begins at the Georgia-Alabama state lines, as U.S. 278/S.R.6, and ends at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport & I-85 interchange. For most of its length, it's a four lane parkway with a grass median. I feel that this corridor needs a cable barrier, especially in the rural, expressway portions, because of the crossover crash factor.
Young Girl Honored by Her Classmates
(courtesy of ajc.com)
Hit-and-Run Suspect Apprehended
(courtesy of cbsatlanta.com)
Easter Family Crash
(courtesy of forbes.com)
S.R. 6 Transportation Corridor Study
(courtesy of atlantaregional.com)
Kayla Lemons, 9, was honored by her classmates at Stonewall Tell Elementary School, located in Southwest Fulton County. She, along with five others (her mother, father, infant brother and an occupant in another car), lost their lives on Camp Creek Parkway (S.R. 6) at Old Fairburn Road on Easter Sunday, being hit by a reckless hit-and-run driver (Aimee Michael, 22). Michael wasn't apprehended for about two weeks. Her wrecked BMW sat in her garage for two days and was partially fixed. When Michael was apprehended and brought before the judge, she was charged with five counts of vehicular homicide and felony hit-and-run. Thank God that the judge denied bond, as this young lady didn't have the good sense to stay at the scene of a chain reaction crash that she initiated. Michael's mother (Sheila Michael, 52) was charged, as well. She was charged with tampering with evidence and hindering apprehension of a criminal.
This is one reason why driver education needs to be reinstituted. The younger Michael had at least, according to prosecutors, two speeding tickets -- in one day, when she attended the University of Pittsburgh. What the hell is that?!
Camp Creek Parkway is a major thoroughfare that begins at the Georgia-Alabama state lines, as U.S. 278/S.R.6, and ends at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport & I-85 interchange. For most of its length, it's a four lane parkway with a grass median. I feel that this corridor needs a cable barrier, especially in the rural, expressway portions, because of the crossover crash factor.
Young Girl Honored by Her Classmates
(courtesy of ajc.com)
Hit-and-Run Suspect Apprehended
(courtesy of cbsatlanta.com)
Easter Family Crash
(courtesy of forbes.com)
S.R. 6 Transportation Corridor Study
(courtesy of atlantaregional.com)
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