CRAWFORDVILLE, Ga. – Two men returning from a golf trip were killed after the driver of the vehicle in which they were riding lost control and slammed into trees on Interstate 20 in Taliaferro County on Saturday.
Webb Bufford, a dispatcher with the Georgia State Patrol’s Washington post, this morning identified the victims as William Bruce Posey, 54, of Columbia, S.C., and David Mapp Sloan, of Providence, N.C.
Taliaferro County Coroner Milton Alexander said the men died from blunt force trauma.
The driver of the SUV, as well as a third passenger, survived the 4:50 p.m. crash, Coroner Alexander said. The names of the driver and that passenger still had not been made public as of this morning.
The coroner said the driver received a broken leg and other injuries and was taken to the Medical College of Georgia Hospital in Augusta. The driver told authorities the four men were traveling back to Columbia after a golf outing.
The double-fatality remains under investigation by the Georgia State Patrol’s Specialized Reconstruction Team in Gainesville.
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"Wet roads forced the car off the highway and into two trees"? This is a tragic accident, but the road being wet didn't force the car off of the highway, the driver failed to keep the car on the highway. I have driven on a great many wet roads, and other than slow down, the road never forced me to do anything.
jrbfromga Were you there or anywhere close to the accident?
and that is where you are wrong jrb, i would think that many people would consider hydroplaning being forced off the road. I am not sure if that is what happened to this car but i might have been. It happened to me a couple of years ago and I was only doing 20/mph and my car hydroplaned off the ground and sat crossways on a guardrail. So it could happen.
Belle. Jrb is not being an uncaring hateful jerk. He is only stating the truth, and not doing it is a mean hateful way. Your understand only comes from your inability to allow fault to lay where it should and it is not with the road. You sound like a spooky democrat that would say that gun Killed the other person when the gun did not do a darn thing, when it was really the person that pulled the trigger did the killing not the gun. Just as this case. The road had nothing to do with the accident, it was the inability of the driver to reason that maybe he should have slowed down.
Harrisjr. jrbfromga was prob not there, but knowing the traffic on I-20 there were prob several more cars in the near vacinity. We did not read about any others wrecking or the likes. Leading to the most likely cause was this person was a speedster, younger driver that is invinciable, big deal it is raining that is no reason to slow down attitude. This time he or she did not get away with it. Dying from your actions is a horrible thing, but do not blame things on something that is not that cause. The road did not just pick on this one car to throw off and leave the others that would be in the area alone.
George, I agree. JRB told the truth.
George you sound like an anal retentive idiot. What in the hell does being a Democrat or not, have to do with this topic. People like you are the main reason that so called conservatives are on the side line whining like babies. Two people are dead and the only thing an idiot like you can do is take a swipe at politics.
George Where you there and what makes you such an expert on this matter?
coal, you have the audacity to call someone else an idiot??????? FUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Jrb. You are the person who finds cruel sarcasm in anything, because you are unhappy with your miserable life. You are the person everyone avoids, becasue you feel you are better and smarter than everyone else. You probably sit in the dark all day watching re-runs of Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy, too. Why don't you try to refrain from ranting for a while, especially when your rants deal with people who have lost loved ones. Generally, as a rule it is impolite to make stupid comments about crash victims.
JUB if you turn two peoples deaths into a political discussion, I would call you an idiot too. I am willing to bet that most will agree with me about this than with you.
What you people are doing here is picking up on the reporter's inability to articulate clearly what the cause of the accident was. Wet roads may not have anything to do with the accident at al. It could have been mechanical problems. The tragedy is that whatever the cause of the accident, two people lost their lives.
harrisjr try almost 6 and a half million miles commercial driving accident free and you would have seen the majority of all scenarios of most any accident. Until you have done that driving is just something that most people like yourself does with out starting the brain to all the possibilities in driving. Now go flap your typing finger where it matters.
Harrisjr see your democrat attitude is showing thru with your slur throwing anal retentive idiot bs. You are so full it and yourself you can not see nothing but crap due to it covering you eyes and minds, so go join the rest of your party and whine. Ohhhhhhhhh by the way figure out car control when you commies try to work on gun control.
Well put sophie.
coal, I was referring to you in general, not just your post on this headline!
I was driving back from Atlanta on I-20 Saturday through the rain and slowed down to 40 mph at some points because of the depth of water on the road and the impaired visibility. I've noticed that for some reason, the highway around that area is particularly conducive to hydroplaning, though I have no idea why. But my main point is that I was being passed by motorists going at least 70 in those conditions. I have no idea what happened to these poor people--and I am heartily sorry for them and their families--but people do need to realize how dangerous it is.
I can understand why a green reporter, fresh out of journalism class, might write the ridiculous sentence about wet roads "forcing" a car off the road. But I don't understand why the editor allowed the sentence to see the light of day in print. Someone other than the driver was asleep at the wheel.
The media outlets need to make the headlines more specific in their links. I just clicked on this thinking that the fatal crash happened on I-20 in Aiken County.
willi, it being you, I can understandyour confusion!
This type of reporting has been going on the entire 22 yrs I served as an EMT. I have learned that if you do not drive according to the conditions of the road(with very very few exceptions)you will find yourself in an accident. Especially on the interstates. Just because the speed limit sign says 70mph people are going to try to drive at least 70mph whether it is dry, rainy, or icy. 90% of the accidents I worked where the media blamed the accident on the weather, it was the fault of the driver for not driving according to the conditions of the road as most driver's manuals state. Unless the wind blows your vehicle off the road or a tree gets blown down in front of your car it is up to the driver to adapt to the conditions around them. I am sorry for this loss of life,
You all will argue about anything, it would be funny if it wasn't so sad....
JBFROMGA might have a point as to how we looka t things today. It seems we state the news to fit our comfortable little life. Why didn't the story highlight the fact the driver was obviously flying and should have slowed down? Would it be better to tell the truth or would that offend people too much, so we try to make it sound as if the person driving had no options left. Sure I am sorry for the people killed and injured, but I am more thankful my family wasn't near the vehicle when the driver lost control. trully a tragedy, but one that wasn't caused by anything but stupidity.
Jub that' s your problem. I was limiting my comments to this topic. If you wish to criticize my pass or future comments, you should do it at the time the comments are made.
How do we know whether or not the driver suddenly became ill? I rather give the person the benefit of the doubt, until proven otherwise.
Reality-I'll 2nd that post.
Very sad story. Why speculate on what happened? 2 people will never see their families again...prayers are with their families.
does everyone know to cut off cruise control when it is raining?
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