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| Former DeKalb County fire captain and speeding drunk driver Kenniss R. Harrell was driving a maroon Lexus the wrong way down South Fulton Parkway smashed into the front of a red Camaro at a high speed, killing Michael Fullwood, 55, and Kathy Stevens, 56 |
Fmr. DeKalb County fire capt. ID'd as wrong-way driver in fatal crash, police say
By: Steve Gehlbach
September 3, 2018
UNION CITY, Ga. -
Union City fire officials tell Channel 2 Action News a former DeKalb County fire captain was driving the wrong way in a crash that killed three people early Monday morning.
Kenniss Harrell was driving a maroon Lexus the wrong way down South Fulton Parkway around 1:45 a.m., police said. The Lexus smashed into the front of a red Camaro at a high speed.
Fire officials said one person was taken to a local hospital. That person later died.
Ed Austin told Channel 2's Steve Gehlbach he pulled over and checked on the victims. He said the driver in the Lexus was fading and the passenger of the Camaro was gone, but he stayed with the driver.
He said a female in the car was trapped and had to be cut out before being rushed to the hospital.
Austin said he moved over one lane at the last second.
“As soon as I got beside them, it happened. I saw the headlights and thought, ‘He’s not in my lane,’ and I looked and it already happened. The first thing I did was pull over and check on the drivers of both vehicles,” Austin said.
The Fulton County medical examiner said two of the victims have been identified as Michael Fullwood, 55, and Kathy Stevens, 56. Police said they are investigating the cause of the crash. However, most drunk or impaired wrong-way crashes occur in the early am hours like this one. This guy, Kennis Harrell was either drunk or on drugs and he was speeding the wrong way. A recipe for a great disaster. We feel sorry for the victims and their families.
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Woman critically injured in Union City crash passes away, 3 confirmed dead
September 3, 2018
By WGCL Digital Team
SOUTH FULTON, Ga. (CBS46) -
Three people are dead after a crash on South Fulton Parkway in Union City early Monday morning.
The crash happened on South Fulton Parkway near Derrick Road. The road was closed between Derrick Road and Rosewood Place for several hours as police investigated the scene.
Two people died on impact, while another was flown to an area hospital in critical condition. She passed away later Monday morning.
According to Union City Fire Chief Dennis Moore, a man was driving on the wrong side of the roadway when he collided with a vehicle with a man and woman inside. The two men involved in the crash were pronounced dead on the scene. The female driver was taken to Grady Hospital in critical condition but has since passed away.
The deceased have been identified as Kennis Harrell, Michael Fulwood and Kathy Stevens.
Fifteen people have been killed on Georgia roadways so far this Labor Day holiday weekend. Four people were killed during the holiday weekend last year.