Regional Roundup: Lake Lanier Accidents, School Bus Cameras and ‘The Onion’ Treatment

-- Loganville Patch

A teen girl was cut by a boat propeller in a boating incident at Lake Lanier on Saturday. This comes on top of a man missing, believed drowned, in the early morning hours of Saturday. 

According to Fox5 Atlanta, a 17-year old girl was pulled under a boat and cut by the propeller Saturday afternoon (Aug. 18). A DNR spokesperson said that the girl was sitting on the front of the boat, which was pulling a person on an inflatable tube.

The girl was transported to Gwinnett Medical Center, and was reported alert and stable. Names of the girl and the boat operator are being withheld.

In a separate incident, WSB-TV reported that Atlanta about 12:30 a.m. Saturday. He was with a woman and another couple near Lake Lanier Islands.

– Marietta Patch

Last year, stop-arm cameras  as part of a pilot program. The cameras can catch license plates up to 100 yards away.

On the first day of school, Cobb Police cited three violators for passing stopped buses.

This comes a month after the  with American Traffic Solutions to issue tickets for failing to stop for the arms, which are designed to protect students entering and leaving buses. The agreement allows ATS to collect $300 from first-time violators.

Other penalties include a possible court appearance, a fine up to $1,000, six points on a driving record and a license suspension for convicted drivers under 21 years old.

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– East Cobb Patch

On Friday, the satirical site “The Onion” featured a fictitious story about a "Cobb County Evangelical Hospital" that holds a "Gay Cureness Walk."

The accompanying video "interviews" include a physician at the hospital, as well as a supposedly "cured" gay man who presents his female spouse. Another male "survivor" said he "feels great to be around so many incredible guys who went through the same thing."

Another interview is with a woman upset over "losing" her daughter to gayness. "She lives in Seattle now," the mother sighs.

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