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HOGANSVILLE HOME NEWS - MAY 24, 2001
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WOMAN DIES IN CAR CRASH - Latikka Shavette Baldwin-Holmes, 22, of Manchester lost her life in a Friday auto accident
near the Odessadale Community in Meriwether County when the car she was driving collided with a Ford F-350 pickup.
Woman Dies in Odessadale Wreck
By Bryan Geter
PICKUP DAMAGED- The pickup in the above
photograph was pulling a horse trailer at the
time of the accident.
By Bryan Geter
A Manchester woman died from
Luries she sustained in a two-vehicle
accident in the Odessadale CommuniW
in western Meriwether County Friday
afternoon around 2 p.m.
According to reports filed at Georgia
State Patrol Post 34 in Manchester,
Latikka Shavette Baldwin-Holmes, 22,
of Pershing Street in Manchester, failed
to yield at the stop sign located at the
intersection of the Odessa Road and
Georgia Highwayl09 and collided with
a Ford F-350 truck pulling a horse trail-
er which was driven by Gloria Jean
Howard, 51, of Franklin.
According to the report, the front of
Howard's truck collided with the driver's
side door of the Mazda causing the car
to travel approximately 176 feet across
all lanes of Highway 109 before coming
to its final rest in a private drive on the
northside of the highway.
After impact, the report states
Howard's truck traveled approximately
115 feet and came to rest in a ditch on
the north side of the highway.
Baldwin-Holmes was taken to West
Georgia Medical Center in LaGrange by
Meriwether CounW EMS where she was
pronounced dead on arrival.
Howard had visible injuries but
required no medical attentior
The horse trailer overturned injur-
ing the horse and a local veterinarian
was called to the scene to end the horse's
life.
No citations have been issued in the
incident.
Manchester state troopers investi-
gated the accident and were assisted by
both the LaGrange Post of the Georgia
State Patrol and Meriwether County
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State Patr-I
18 May Die
Holiday Vg,
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Despite recent increases in
gasoline prices, traffic over the
Memorial Day holiday weekend
is expected to be heavy. Colonel
George Ellis, GSP Commander,
said the Georgia State Patrol is
predicting 18 fatalities, 700
injuries and 2,312 traffic crash-
es on Georgia roads during the
78-hour holiday periocL
"Memorial Day weekend is
the start of the summer travel
season in Georgia and past expe-
rience has shown that traffic will
be heavy," Colonel Ellis said.
"Although the price of gasoline
has risen, motor vehicle travel
remains high with no reason to
believe we will see a decrease in
traffic over the holiday week-
end." The holiday period begins
at 6 pan. on Friday, May 25 and
continues until midnight,
Memorial Day.
Georgia State Troopers will
be concentrating their enforce-
ment efforts throughout holiday
patrols on the major factors that
contribute to fatal traffic crash-
es each holiday period: speed,
impaired drivers, and people not
wearing a seat belt. Every avail-
able State Trooper will be on
patrol Friday and Monday, the
heaviest travel days of the holi-
day period. '"troopers will not
only be patrolling the interstates,
but the state and county roads as
welL" the Colonel said. "Last year,
there were no fatalities on
Georgia interstates during the 78-
hour period.
The commander
tioned travelers that
Day is the be
deadly
month
30 percent of'
ities occur. "This is an I
ly
our roads and the best
while traveling
seat belt," he said.
The Georgia State l
be participating in
C.A.R.E., or Combined
Reduction Effort, to
awareness of the dan
roads during the
Operation C.A.R.E. is an:
tional effort by law
officers to
ty through high
Colonel Ellis also
motorists that
or Ticket began
in the eight
Law
Kentucky to Florida
ducting high
patrols
Last year
Memorial Day
Georgia recorded 2
651 injuries and 12
those killed, only one
wearing a seat belt.
Day was 27 in 1969, the t
Memorial Day was
the holiday
I0 in 1979.
'Affair on the
Festival Set 00'or
If you're looking for fine art,
great food, and excellent local
entertainment, the Affair on the
Square is coming June 9-10. If
beautiful hydrangeas are what
you seek, you'll he in the right
place since the
Hydrangea Festival wild
place Juneg-10as the
to the celebration
LaGrange
France and the
the Lafayette Statue
Square, which took
February.
At
Kaleidoscope, the
Square is one of the
door fine art festivals ha!
of Georgia. This year
first time
Square will join the
offer a great weekend
ties for all ages.
from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.,
from throughout the
No longer j
as it was when it bega
the fair will again be
Lafayette Square in
than 10,000 people are
ed to visit the event.
to the festival is free.
Bring the whole
Kaleidoscope, there
enjoyable activities for c
too! The Children's
Beautiful, will again
art activities for
ages. Local
good food round out
Kaleidoscope,
Square is an outreach
of the Chattahoochee
Museum.
communities since
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