News Nearby: Witnesses Talk about Crash, Ambulance Controversy
See some of the day’s top headlines from throughout Cobb County including witness accounts of a crash that killed a Smyrna woman and an ambulance controversy in Kennesaw in which Mayor Mark Mathews is involved.
Witnesses said that the driver of a tractor trailer ran a red light at Thornton Road in Douglasville before colliding with a Nissan Sentra killing a Smyrna woman and her Atlanta passenger, WSB reported. Read more about the crash on Smyrna-Vinings Patch. The Kennesaw City Council conducted a tense discussion Wednesday night about the actions of City Manager Steve Kennedy, who on Friday told Georgia EMS that the company had until 12:01 a.m. Monday to stop responding to 911 calls due to a state mandate that the city use onlyMetroAtlanta Ambulance Service. The council entered the session at the request of Councilman Bruce Jenkins. Mayor Mark Mathews, who is employed by MetroAtlanta, opted to sit out of the discussion, taking a seat in the …
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