Crime & Safety
Police Identify Couple Killed in Friday's Multi-Vehicle Accident on I-985
An elderly couple from Lawrenceville, Ga., were killed in a wreck that shut down the southbound lanes of I-985 near Highway 20 on April 6.
Police have identified the .
Donna Keese, 60, and her husband, John Keese, 62, of Lawrenceville, Ga., were killed when their vehicle was struck by a box truck driven by Stephen Scott of Lithonia.
A driver and two passengers in a blue Dodge Ram pickup were transported to the hospital with non threatening injuries. Scott and the driver of the fourth vehicle, a maroon Saturn minivan towing a small trailer with an ATV on it, received no significant injuries. Scott was arrested after being evaluated and released from the hospital. He was charged with following too closely and two counts of second degree vehicular homicide. He has since been released on bond.
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Officials said speed and alcohol to not appear to have been factors in this accident. According to a press release, traffic was slowed at the accident location due to merging traffic from S.R. 20. Three of the vehicles were all slowed or stopped in the right hand lane when the box truck hit the vehicle driven by Donna Keese, causing a chain reaction.
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