The Cobb County Police Department S.T.E.P. Unit is investigating how the two were hit by a car at the Shallowford Road and Johnson Ferry Road intersection about 5:40 Monday afternoon.
According to Officer Mike Bowman with Cobb Police, 17-year-old Austin Leake of Decatur and 18-year-old Darion Elizabeth Hugh-Sam of Marietta were trying to cross Shallowford Road against a red crosswalk signal when a white 2000 Honda Accord driven by 82-year-old Evelyn Tauchert, who had a green light, hit Leake and Hugh-Sam in the intersection.
Hugh-Sam and Leake were both taken by ambulance to Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, Hugh-Sam in critical condition and Leake with non-life threatening injuries. Bowman did not know the teenagers' conditions Tuesday morning.
Tauchert was not injured in the crash and refused medical treatment.
The investigation is ongoing, and Bowman declined to say exactly what charges the teens could be facing.
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If you know any other police from other jurisdictions, then you will know that the Cobb PD is quick to side with the pedestrian. Hence, the reason pedestrians and bicyclists are hardly ever ticketed in Cobb.
Sad for both the boys AND the driver and truly hoping for speedy recovery!
These weren't 2 'boys' that were hit. It was a girl (reports say 16 and/or 17) and a boy, age 19. You've got to be kidding me. That is an age that is more then responsible and to know to obey basic traffic laws. Now you have an elderly woman who is devastated and will remember the thud and the impact for the rest of her life.
They were the ones who made the idiotic decision to bolt into traffic when their signal was a red light and a 'Do Not Walk' sign. Personal responsibility...you should try it some time.
No, not necessarily. It will all depend on the circumstances at the time. If they were darting in and amongst passing vehicles in an attempt to cross, then perhaps it was reckless. If traffic was light or appeared to be clear but they were mistaken in their determination that it was safe to cross, then it may not be reckless; just a lack of good judgment by young adults, common to many. I think the injuries sustained are likely punishment enough.
instead of judging at the first chance you get because two people were walking instead of in a car, perhaps just express sympathy for the injured and the families of those injured. If they did something wrong in this case I am sure the police will address it in time