GSP still unsure who was driving in fatal crash
Published 9:12 pm Wednesday, July 5, 2017
MOULTRIE, Ga. — A Moultrie man injured in a Saturday wreck in Southwest Moultrie in which another man died remained in a Tallahassee hospital on Wednesday.
As of the same day police had not determined who was driving the Lincoln Navigator when it flipped over at about 10:50 p.m. in the 600 block of Eighth Street Southwest. The Georgia State Patrol plans to continue its investigation today.
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Timothy Shawn Johnson, 44, of Moultrie, died on Sunday after he was transferred to Archbold Memorial Center, Colquitt County Coroner Verlyn Brock said.
Keith Daniels, 35, was still in critical condition at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital, GSP Trooper 1st Class Michael Moses said. One of the questions the agency’s Specialized Collision Reconstruction Team will try to answer during its investigation is who was behind the wheel.
That person was driving fast in the residential area heading south on the street, Moses said.
“Whoever was driving was driving reckless and turned over the vehicle,” he said. “Witnesses said he was running stop signs.”
A Norman Park resident, who was injured in a June 16 accident, also died over the weekend.
Melton Franklin Conger, 71, died on Saturday at Archbold Memorial.
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His 1995 Nissan was struck in the driver’s door by a 2000 Dodge Ram 2500 when Conger failed to yield after stopping at the stop sign in an intersection, according to the Colquitt County Sheriff’s Office.
Stephen Shanley of Tallahassee, who was driving the Dodge, was traveling north on U.S. Highway 319 North when Conger, who was turning left onto the highway from Livingston Bridge Road, pulled into the path of Shanley’s truck, sheriff’s reports said.