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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2021
BARROW NEWS-JOURNAL
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Busy Sunday: BGES responds to train collision, house fire, conducts live fire training
Photos courtesy of Barrow County Emergency Services Early Sunday evening, crews responded to a house fire
A train versus tractor trailer collision at the Bankhead Highway/Atlanta Highway in the 100 block of County Line-Auburn Road that did
railroad crossing early Sunday afternoon, Oct. 17, sent one person to the hospital severe damage. No one was home at the time of the fire,
for treatment.
On a day when it was al
ready conducting live fire
training exercises, Barrow
County Emergency Ser
vices had an eventful day
Sunday, Oct. 17, respond
ing to both a train collision
in Winder that injured one
person and a house fire in
Auburn before the day was
over.
According to a BCES
news release, crews re
sponded early Sunday af
ternoon to the train versus
tractor trailer collision on
Atlanta Highway at the
Bankhead Highway cross
ing and found the tractor
portion of the vehicle on
its side with a small die
sel leak while the trailer
portion was lying its side
several feet down Atlanta
Highway.
One person was trans
ported to a local hospital,
according to the release,
while the crossing arm was
also torn off as a result of
the collision.
Crews remained on the
scene for several hours
clearing it.
Then, just before 6 p.m.,
crews responded to the
house fire in the 100
block of County Line-Au
burn Road and found
the two-story home ful
ly engulfed in flames and
smoke, according to the re
lease. No one was at home
during the time of the fire,
officials said.
“Shortly after arrival,
crews noticed the entire
second floor shift do to fire
damage of the floor joists.”
said Capt. Scott Dakin.
“We had received confir
mation that no one was
home at the time of the
fire, and it was too much
risk involved to send fire
fighters in to the house to
fight the fire.”
The cause of the fire is
under investigation by the
BCES Fire Investigation
Team.
“There was a lot happen
ing throughout the day and
I am so proud of the men
and women of this depart
ment who handle days like
this with such profession
alism,” said BCES chief
Alan Shuman. “From the
911 Communication Team
to the Fire Operations
Team, they all worked to
gether to handle every call
for help that came in, and
produced the best possi
ble solutions in the emer
gencies they encountered.
We have some of the best
working in our department
and Sunday was just anoth
er day where we showed
that.”
BUSY WEEKEND
Prior to those calls,
BCES had wrapped up a
weekend of professional
development fire training
exercises with a live ses
sion Sunday morning in
the Braselton area
“This was planned for
and we were able to look at
flow paths and fire growth
in some very unique
ways,” Dakin said. “This
also started what would
be a very busy day for the
firefighters on shift that
day.”
Arrests continued from 6A
RE-ELECT
•Jonathon Hunter Stovall. 29.
Hoschton — possession of metham-
phetamine; possession of a firearm
or knife during the commission of or
attempt to commit certain felonies:
possession and use of drug-related
objects; and driving with a suspend
ed or revoked license.
•Stephanie Brooke Tierney, 31,
Winder — possession of meth-
amphetamine and possession of a
Schedule I controlled substance.
WINDER
•Sara Gabrielle Arroyo. 31. no ad
dress listed — hold for other agency.
•Steven Alan Barrett, 39, Winder
— felony probation violation; pos
session of methamphetamine; cross
ing the guard lines of a correctional
facility with weapons, intoxicants or
drugs; possession and use of drug-re
lated objects; and giving a false
name, address or birthdate to law en
forcement.
•Fennerrell Franklin Cunningham,
33, Statham — misdemeanor failure
to appear.
•Chelsea Lauren Fricks, 30,
Gainesville — misdemeanor failure
to appear.
•Justin Eugene Hammond, 25.
Winder — two counts of misdemean
or failure to appear.
•Jada Dianna Hannah, 20, Monroe
— misdemeanor failure to appear.
•Stephanie Skynyrd Leuw, 32,
Winder — driving with a suspended
or revoked license, license to be dis
played upon demand of law enforce
ment officer and tag light violation.
•Rex Chase Leviner. 33. Statham
— disturbing the peace, disorderly
conduct and public drunkenness.
•Dakota Tyner Mathis. 25, Winder
— simple battery.
•Ian Micheal McCarter, 22, Wind
er — disorderly conduct and criminal
trespass.
•Eric Adam Moon, 37, Winder —
public drunkenness and open-con
tainer violation.
•Bo Jeffery Mullinax, 40, Jeffer
son — driving under the influence of
alcohol, drugs or other intoxicating
substances and open-container vio
lation.
•Juan Gabriel Rivera. 23, Winder
— driving with a suspended or re
voked license.
•Makenna Grace Schoper-Satter-
field, 18, Winder — simple assault
and criminal trespass - damage of
$500 or less.
•David Antwaun Spratlin, 30,
Winder — felony theft by shoplift
ing.
•Sharesa Lashun Tillman, 37, Ath
ens — three misdemeanor counts of
willful obstruction of law enforce
ment officers.
PROBATION
•Kethon Marquise Prince, 36,
Bethlehem — felony probation vio
lation.
•James Plenty White Jr., 49, Pend
ergrass — felony probation violation.
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and 5 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild.
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