Arrest made in fatal crash
A single car crash on Chapel Hill Road here killed two local residents early Sunday morning, Nov. 13 according to sheriff Jimmy Thomas.
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Wed, Jun 19, 2013 - 11:24 AM
At some point, although I doubt it will be in the near future, people like Mr. Mickle are going to realize that co [...]
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Oh, I'm sure Mr. Asher will give you all the credit for his eloquence....which is what I was complimenting.
Mon, Jun 17, 2013 - 09:38 AM
Yes Lynn, I taught Jim well. He was in classes I instructed @ GPSTC in Forsyth. Not sure Jim certified all the PCS [...]
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Mr. Mickle, thank you for acknowledging the service that I and all my brothers and sisters in law enforcement and [...]
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My condolences to the families during this heartbreaking time. May God comfort you.
Another death a short while back on Chapel Hill,was a BAC test administered on that accident?
Both cases involve high profiles.
Is there anyone who can tell us why none are ever noted? Always it is made public except in the judge's and paralegals families.
FOUL!
Time is here to quit the, I know somebody that knows somebody.
We are all somebody that would just expect straight answers from elected officials.
So sorry for the families and their loss.
As for the comments about Austin ~~ Make sure you have the facts before trying to slander someone. No one is trying to cover up for him or anyone else. The truth will soon come out!
We have all made stupid decisions, some of us more frequently than others. We don't know the circumstances, but what ever they are, these young adults and their families are paying a heavy price and those who are left to pick up the pieces don't need anything but our love and support right now, so if you can't offer that, shut up and go crawl back under that rock.
Walter, please stop taking comments on this story. This is a tragedy and the families- all of them- are hurting enough right now. The last thing they need is added pain from some people's viciousness.
So please do tell us who you are so we can dig in your closet and air your dirty laundry here, so we can all discuss it. Must be plenty for us to talk about- maybe an affair, a bankruptcy, a bad credit rating, a fight with a neighbor, something stupid you did as a kid. After all, according to you, IT IS OUR BUSINESS, right? Just give us your name. We'll do the rest.
A stupid comment deserves a rediculous response.
Most of the county roads are narrow and hard to drive, with nighttime making it 100 times worse. I do not want to point fingers at the Road Department. They have only a handful of people to work all the county's roads. They have to grade, scrape, and patch roads. They maintain signs and cut the grass on rights of way. It seems to me that the last year has been worse than it has been for many years.
Looking at most of the scenes it is apparent that driving too fast for conditions has much to do with these tragic accidents, too. One cannot ignore the condition of the roadway, though. It is high time five ring circus and Mr. Sawyer the circus master get a little heat for their part in this. The victims of these wrecks have pretty intelligent parents who might be very tempted to sue. What is a little bit more for me to pay in taxes so that we can settle lawsuits?
That's Pike County and I love the dirt rds. Nobody living on a dirt rd bougt the house cause of a paved rd.
What a kind heart you have. All these families do need our prayers and acts of love. Jesus taught to love goood folks, as well as, folks who make mistakes. He died for sinners not for saints.
Let's all wait about judgements, Not all the dtails are known yet.
thanks again Elcee, for being the voice of reason in a situation that is unreasonable.
Has there been any updates as to the cause of the accident or even the condition of the the guy that was airlifted?
My heart breaks for the families and friends of Matt and Suzie. R.I.P Karo!
There are choices about which roads you live on, and which roads you drive on. And you're right, it's the 21st century and you can live anywhere you want - I suggest Clayton or Henry county if you like pavement. There are a lot of houses for sale up there - go get you one. We had dirt roads when you got here.
It would be very inappropriate to use this tragedy as a catalyst for pavement.
Maybe it'd be better to get the 38 idle Sheriff's Dept cars patroling and writing out a few more tickets to slow folks down - that would be better than paving Pike County, and the cars already belong to Pike Co. So, if you're going to raise taxes for public safety, put the money in the Sheriff's Office where it will make a difference, and just maybe they can catch the copper thieves, too, in addition to slowing folks down a little more.
You are driving down a dark country road. It is paved. You transition into a curve. Right in the middle of it you lose control because gravel has been washed from the dirt road that intersects it to the right. Gravel from that road is now present in half of your lane.
What happens depends on many things. Speed, experience, impairment, knowledge of the area, repair of vehicle, and so on. I know that this has happened to me, but I was able to drive through it. That did not happen the other night, and young people died.
I am talking about poor repair of roads in general, specifically the grade of dirt roads that allows sand, gravel, and other debris wash out into a well-traveled paved road.
If anyone is naive enough to believe that the county will not get sued for this eventually, you are really a fool.
Father is Mayor of Molena.
Do you know what the Sheriff does?
Since you make that claim, then put your name out there for us to pick you and your family apart, because according to you, it IS eventually our business, right?
Let's see how you and yours stand up to the scruitny you think is fair to subject others to.
My friends, I had not intended to discuss this controversial subject at this particular time. However, I want you to know that I do not shun controversy. On the contrary, I will take a stand on any issue at any time, regardless of how fraught with controversy it might be. You have asked me how I feel about whiskey. All right, here is how I feel about whiskey:
If when you say whiskey you mean the devil's brew, the poison scourge, the bloody monster, that defiles innocence, dethrones reason, destroys the home, creates misery and poverty, yea, literally takes the bread from the mouths of little children; if you mean the evil drink that topples the Christian man and woman from the pinnacle of righteous, gracious living into the bottomless pit of degradation, and despair, and shame and helplessness, and hopelessness, then certainly I am against it.
But, if when you say whiskey you mean the oil of conversation, the philosophic wine, the ale that is consumed when good fellows get together, that puts a song in their hearts and laughter on their lips, and the warm glow of contentment in their eyes; if you mean Christmas cheer; if you mean the stimulating drink that puts the spring in the old gentleman's step on a frosty, crispy morning; if you mean the drink which enables a man to magnify his joy, and his happiness, and to forget, if only for a little while, life's great tragedies, and heartaches, and sorrows; if you mean that drink, the sale of which pours into our treasuries untold millions of dollars, which are used to provide tender care for our little crippled children, our blind, our deaf, our dumb, our pitiful aged and infirm; to build highways and hospitals and schools, then certainly I am for it.
This is my stand. I will not retreat from it. I will not compromise.
Even more strange.....they take time to answer a person named Anonymous.
Wow!
Like a lot of people, I was a partier in my younger days. My friends and I made many stupid decisions that, but for the grace of God, could have landed us in the same tragic situation as these young people.
If the driver was under the influence, there may be (and should be) additional consequences for him to face at a later date, but right now, these families need our prayers and support, not cruelty and blame.
I guarantee you that the people who are writing that junk in anonymous posts wouldn't dare go up to a member of their families and say the same, cruel things to their face, so that makes them cowards.
I pray that God will bring something good out of this tragedy, and I thank Him that others were not hurt or killed, too. Two lives lost is two too many.
Was Vega already spoken for?
J.S.
You did just compromise !!!
And stay off Wikipedia and Google for your postings, These foolish people on here will think you come up with your stupid crap all on your own.
IN GOD WE TRUST
my condolences to the families who have lost their dearest possession. the loss of a child is unbearable.
i think an article should be submitted to the paper and then published on this site to discuss why certain members of our society get a pass on obeying the law of the land. here are a few that should be discussed:
- children of judges, police officers and others who are politically affiliated
- occupy wall street
- recipients of welfare, ebt, snap and the 100's of other programs that we disguise in order to obfuscate the real meaning (handout)
- politicians
there needs to be a country-wide discussion of these matters.
but please, let's stop discussing it here. the people who have lost loved ones already have to endure what no one should have to endure.
thank you.
So, "dirtroads" made a post and claimed that with the taxes currently paid, we should not have dirt roads. Then, you claim you didn't say anything about raising taxes; are you "dirtroads" and logged on as all the other names - or just jumped in to impart your infinite wisdom? Anyway, as I responded to "dirtroads", that means you will have to raise taxes OR cut from somewhere to get the money to pave the current dirt roads. Where will that money come from? I don't need to do a lot of math to figure that out - you need more, not less, in order to pave any road. That's logic. If you think the cost of maintenance on a dirt road is going to cover the cost of asphalt, I have some beach front land in Zebulon I'd like to sell ya!
I don't know who you are, but I'm always up for a good argument. Ignorant or not. LOL.
I love you Sheila. I didn't know your father, but I know lots of other folks that are proud of you! I wonder how all these posers know so many people, yet no one knows them - it's a mystery.
I also know well how grief can make us lash out in anger since grief is too scary to contend with.
I almost think that Susie's and Evan's families are so busy with their own pain that the silliness going on here is very small in the overall scheme of their realities.
So, let's all take a moment to step back and remember Susie and Matt with love and respect. Let's pray for young Evan's recovery. He will be dealing with the healing of body and spirit since he may wonder why he survived when his friends didn't.
Let's also pray for young Austin. He will have some difficulties ahead. Perhaps what you saw on his Facebook page has come back to haunt him. I can almost guarantee he has a long hard road ahead of him.
I pray that each of these families find comfort, and peace with the current situation. Many of us are praying for you. And ALL of us that KNEW these individuals will CHERISH the memories we shared together.
ZEBULON - On Friday, November 18, 2011, Austin Callaway Ingram was arrested by the Pike County Sheriff's Office on the following charges: two counts of Vehicular Homicide in the 1st Degree, DUI, Reckless Driving, Failure to Maintain Lane, Too Fast for Conditions, and Serious Injury by Vehicle.
Ingram was the drive in a one vehicle accident at Chapel Hill Road and Melville Brown Road this past weekend which resulted in two fatalities and one being life-flighted to an Atlanta hospital.
"If-by-whiskey refers to a 1952 speech by Noah S. "Soggy" Sweat, Jr., a young lawmaker from the U.S. state of Mississippi, on the subject of whether Mississippi should continue to prohibit (which it did until 1966) or finally legalize alcoholic beverages."
As a young person I feel immense sorrow for everyone involved. Let us all learn from this tragedy. My prayers and thoughts go out to everyone involved. (remember god wants you to pray for everyone, not just the sinless) (and he without sin can cast the first stone) so i guess everyone should stop with the negativity and pray.