The Sound Guy
Pursuit Driver
This is really sad for me as one of my best friends lost his mom the same way when we were in high school together. I don't remember the circumstances, it being 30 years ago or so, but I remember seeing the yellow sheet over something at the exit from the school grounds (North Cobb High School) as we left on the bus and later learning it was Mrs. C. She was an amazing woman. Sounds as if this woman was pretty cool herself.
Story in the AJC
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A well-known crossing guard was hit and killed Thursday morning while directing traffic outside a Cobb County middle school, police said.
Edna Umeh, 64, of Austell, was the victim, Cobb County police Sgt. Dana Pierce said in a news release.
A 38-year-old man from Lithonia, Lamonte Roosevelt Whitaker, was identified as the driver of the car that hit Umeh, according to Pierce.
The deadly incident occurred about 9 a.m. at Lindley Middle School on Veterans Memorial Highway in Mableton, police said.
Whitaker’s 2016 Ford Focus “swerved left into the center turn lane and around slowing or stopped traffic to continue westbound on Veterans Memorial Highway,” Pierce said.
“Within moments of doing so, he struck a school crossing guard who was working her post at the west end of the school zone.”
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They need to nail him for this
Story in the AJC
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A well-known crossing guard was hit and killed Thursday morning while directing traffic outside a Cobb County middle school, police said.
Edna Umeh, 64, of Austell, was the victim, Cobb County police Sgt. Dana Pierce said in a news release.
A 38-year-old man from Lithonia, Lamonte Roosevelt Whitaker, was identified as the driver of the car that hit Umeh, according to Pierce.
The deadly incident occurred about 9 a.m. at Lindley Middle School on Veterans Memorial Highway in Mableton, police said.
Whitaker’s 2016 Ford Focus “swerved left into the center turn lane and around slowing or stopped traffic to continue westbound on Veterans Memorial Highway,” Pierce said.
“Within moments of doing so, he struck a school crossing guard who was working her post at the west end of the school zone.”
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They need to nail him for this