Crime & Safety
Charges Likely in Cobb County Fatal Accident
A motorcyclist was killed in the Thursday evening collision on Windy Hill Road, police said.
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Cobb County police expect to file charges against a driver in a Thursday evening accident which left one man dead.
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Darnell C. Griffin, 29, of Hiram was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident at Windy Hill and Favor roads, police spokesman Sgt. Dana Pierce said Friday morning. Griffin was operating a green 2008 Kawasaki ZX600 motorcycle heading east on Windy Hill Road at approximately 6:23 p.m. Thursday when a white 2004 Kia Optima in the westbound lane of Windy Hill Road attempted to turn left onto Favor Road, directly in Griffin’s path.
The driver of the Optima, 50-year-old Maria T. Howard of Marietta, was taken to Wellstar Kennestone Hospital along with her 15-year-old daughter, who was in the passenger seat at the time of the collision. Both sustained non life-threatening injuries, Pierce said.
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Police will likely file charges against Howard, Pierce said. Anyone with information on this collision is asked to contact police at (770) 499-3987.
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