Crime & Safety
Local Driver Charged in Pedestrian Fatality in Cartersville
A driver from Sugar Hill has been charged with vehicular homicide in a fatal accident that took the life of Victoria Ann Eagle, 28.
The Georgia State Patrol has charged a Sugar Hill woman with vehicular homicide after she struck and killed a Cartersville woman overnight Sunday.
Intiial reports indicate a 2006 Ford Freestyle was traveling southbound on Peeples Valley Road around 12:12 a.m. June 14 as Cartersville resident Victoria Ann Eagle, 28, was walking southbound on the northbound side of the road, the Georgia State Patrol said Tuesday afternoon.
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The driver of the Ford, Dawn Rey Remington, 47, allegedly drove into the northbound lane “to avoid a vehicle stopped in the southbound lane and struck the pedestrian,” said Georgia State Patrol spokesperson Tracey Watson.
Watson said neither Remington nor the passenger in her vehicle were injured. Remington was charged with first-degree homicide by vehicle, driving under the influence and expired tag. She was booked into the Bartow County Jail around 3:20 a.m. June 14 and remains there with no bond.
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The accident remains under investigation by the state agency’s Specialized Collision Reconstruction Team, Watson stated.
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