Oconee High School Student Involved in Athens Wreck that Killed Man From Newborn, Ga.
No charges are expected, and no one else was seriously injured in the collision Monday on Timothy Road, the Athens Banner-Herald reports.
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A 16-year-old Oconee County High School student was involved in an accident that killed a Newton County man Monday, according to the Athens Banner-Herald.
Christopher Tyler Evans, 37, of Newborn, was riding to Georgia Square Mall to see Santa Claus with his excited 5- and 7-year-old sons when the car his wife was driving pulled into the path of an oncoming Jeep, driven by the student.
The collision on Timothy Road near the Athens Perimeter killed Evans, the Athens Banner-Herald reports, on the couple's anniversary.
The student had been volunteering with a youth group and working at a nursing home that day, police told the newspaper.
No charges are expected, and no one else was seriously injured.
It is the second fatal accident to occur in the past month involving a teen driver from Oconee County.
On Nov. 14, 58-year-old Lynda Kelley of Watkinsville was struck by a Toyota Camry at the intersection of Union Church and Evans roads after having checked her mailbox. She later died at a hospital.
No charges were filed against the driver of the Camry, a 16-year-old from Watkinsville.
Racer X
8:15 am on Thursday, December 6, 2012
God speed Mr. Evans. My heart and prayers go out for you and your family.
Racer X
8:29 am on Thursday, December 6, 2012
To the 16 year old driver- Accidents happen. That's why they call them accidents. Don't be hard on yourself. Following is text that is posted near the register at Hot Thomas' restaurant that has come to mean a lot to me. Mrs. Thomas gave me a copy once. I hope it helps you in life as much as it has helped me:
"The one that really matters is to be bigger than the things that can happen to you. Nothing that can happen to you is half so important as the way in which you meet it.This is the basis of the only real security and peace of mind that a human being can have. Nobody can be sure of when disaster, disappointment, injustice or humiliation may come to him through no fault of his own. Nor can one be guaranteed against one's own mistakes or failures. But the way we meet life is ours to choose and when integrity, fortitude, dignity and compassion are our choice, then things that can happen to us lose their power over us."
Best wishes to you, everything is going to be OK.