2 people suffer minor injuries in head on collision on Alabama Highway
by Kevin Myrick, Staff Writer
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Wreck on Alabama Highway sends 2 to hospital
Wreck on Alabama Highway sends 2 to hospital
Floyd County Police officers stand next to a wrecked Dodge pickup truck Friday afternoon off Highway 20, where it collided with a Cadillac STS. (Kevin Myrick, Rome News-Tribune)
Floyd County Police officers stand next to a wrecked Dodge pickup truck Friday afternoon off Highway 20, where it collided with a Cadillac STS. (Kevin Myrick, Rome News-Tribune)
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Officers work the scene of a two-vehicle wreck at the intersection of Martin Road and Hwy 20 Friday, August 10, 2012. (Daniel Varnado RN-T)
Officers work the scene of a two-vehicle wreck at the intersection of Martin Road and Hwy 20 Friday, August 10, 2012. (Daniel Varnado RN-T)
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Officers work the scene of a two-vehicle wreck at the intersection of Martin Road and Hwy 20 Friday, August 10, 2012. (Daniel Varnado RN-T)
Officers work the scene of a two-vehicle wreck at the intersection of Martin Road and Hwy 20 Friday, August 10, 2012. (Daniel Varnado RN-T)
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A two-vehicle wreck on Ga. 20 in front of the old Krannert Elementary School on Friday, Aug. 10, sent the drivers of both a truck and a car to the hospital.

According to Floyd County officer Tim Bridges:

The afternoon wreck was the result of failed brakes on a late model Dodge Ram pickup truck, driven by William Dique, after it slid out into traffic at a stop sign.

Wanda Roe, driving a late model Cadillac STS, was traveling down Ga. 20 when the truck came out into traffic and, unable to stop in time, struck the front of the pickup truck.

Bridges said both Roe and Dique complained of minor injuries and were taken to Floyd Medical Center. The inside lanes on both sides of Ga. 20 were shut down while officials cleared the wreck.
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bustem
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August 11, 2012
So where you going for lunch? I don't know where you going? I don't care but standing out here makes me hungry, looking at that front end makes me think of a taco, yeah I'm thinking Mexican also !
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Trelicious
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August 10, 2012
Either way, it's failing to stop. I hope they don't waste their time testing the brakes, just so they can charge him with the exact same thing. Attorney: Do you have any way of knowing whether the brakes were working at the exact time of the accident? A: No. Attorney: Thank you for wasting your time proving the brakes did/didn't work hours after the accident occurred.
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81Jeep
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August 10, 2012
Failed Brakes?????

Better check those again given the number of vehicles I've had close call with running that stop sign at Martin RD and HWY 20
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