Report: Man Charged With Striking Vehicles Checked Into Mental Health Facility

The south Georgia man accused with intentionally hitting several vehicles on Interstate 285 in Sandy Springs has been admitted to a mental health facility, according to WSB-TV.

Defense attorney Scott Carter said Brady Wiggins was not in attendance for a court hearing on Friday because his client is undergoing treatment at a facility in Soperton, a city that sits off Interstate 16 east of Dublin.

The attorney told the news station that his client has had a “pretty bad life.” According to Carter, Wiggins was involved in a house fire at the age of three, an event that took his mother’s life and left him disfigured.

In early November, Wiggins allegedly ran into 10 vehicles on the interstate between the Peachtree Dunwoody Road and Ashford-Dunwoody Road interchanges.

One resident previously told WSB that Wiggins, who was driving a truck that was also pulling a horse trailer, hit the front portion of her car before he sped up and continued to strike other cars. Another motorist said Wiggins approached his vehicle from behind at a high rate of speed, which forced him to veer into the emergency lane to avoid being hit by the truck. However, the man told WSB Wiggins continued to pursue him while in the emergency lane.

Wiggins eventually crashed his truck into a guardrail near the Ashford-Dunwoody Road interchange and took off on foot. He was later apprehended by Brookhaven police, WSB previously reported.

Sandy Springs police Sgt. Ron Momon stated the agency planned to charge Wiggins with over two dozen citations related to the vehicles he hit.

Photo: Brady Wiggins. Credit: Sandy Springs Police Department