AN
EMPLOYEE OF J AND J NAIL SALON AT THE ROSE'S SHOPPING
CENTER IN GRIFFIN WAS LIFE-FLIGHTED TO AN ATLANTA HOSPITAL,
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON---AFTER AN 87 YEAR OLD FEMALE MOTORIST
SLAMMED INTO THE BUILDING.
THE
38 YEAR OLD EMPLOYEE WAS IN CRITICAL CONDITION WITH HEAD
AND LEG INJURIES AND THE CHAIR SHE WAS SITTING-ON MIGHT
HAVE SAVED HER LIFE.
GRIFFIN
POLICE SAID THE CHAIR BRACED THE VAN UP-IN-THE-AIR A BIT
SO SHE WAS NOT PINNED TOTALLY UNDER THE VECHILE. THE VAN
SMASHED THROUGH THE STORE-FRONT AND DRAGGED THE EMPLOYEE INTO
THE VACANT SUITE NEXT DOOR.
THE
FEMALE MOTORIST WAS TAKEN TO THE E.R. BY HER FAMILY TO GET
CHECKED-OUT. SHE WAS BACKING HER VAN INTO A PARKING SPACE
WHEN SHE LOST CONTROL.
LT.
MICHAEL NATALE OF GRIFFIN P.D. SAID THE SHOP WAS BUSY WHEN
THE CRASH HAPPENED JUST AFTER 4PM AND THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN
MORE VICTIMS IF THE VAN HAD GONE STRAIGHT INTO THE STORE.
THE
DRIVER WILL NOT RECEIVE ANY TYPE OF CITATION FOR THE
INCIDENT—BUT SOME QUESTIONED WHY AN 87 YEAR OLD IS STILL
ALLOWED TO DRIVE. UNDER GEORGIA LAW—THE LAST TIME AN
87 YEAR OLD WOULD HAVE BEEN REQUIRED TO TAKE A DRIVING
TEST WOULD HAVE BEEN DURING THE ADMINISTRATION OF PRESIDENT
HARRY TRUMAN.
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