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Man killed during weekend wreck
Report: Motorcycle hits car on left side, causing both riders to be ejected from Harley
Julia Fechter
jfechter@dawsonnews.com
One man is dead and others
are injured after a two-vehicle
wreck Sunday afternoon at the
intersection of Ga. 400 North
and Quill Drive in Dawson
County.
Daniel Wesley Duncan, 50,
of Lithia Springs, was killed
while driving a Harley
Davidson FLHT motorcycle,
and his passenger, Penny Lynn
Duncan, 51, of Lithia Springs,
was seriously injured, accord
ing to a Georgia State Patrol
report.
The driver of the other vehi
cle, a Volkswagen Passat, got
minor injuries from the acci
dent, which occurred around
4:10 p.m.
The motorcycle travelled
north on Ga. 400, entering the
turning lane for Quill Drive
and improperly passing multi
ple vehicles that were stopped
on the state highway due to a
red light. While the car
involved attempted to turn left
onto Ga. 400 South from Quill
Drive, the motorcycle contin
ued through a gore area on the
state highway and into the
intersection.
The front of the motorcycle
hit the car on the left side,
causing both riders to be eject
ed from the Harley.
Miller’s Ale House officially open
Photos by Erica Jones Dawson County News
Members of the Dawson County Chamber of Commerce and representatives of Miller's Ale House officially cut
the ribbon for the new restaurant to join the chamber on Oct. 11.
Miller's Ale House General Manager Vincent Ugo talks about his restaurant during
the ribbon cutting.
On the morning of
Monday Oct. 11, the
Dawson County Chamber
of Commerce held a ribbon
cutting for Miller’s Ale
House, Dawson County’s
newest restaurant and sports
bar.
The new restaurant fea
tures several food options
from chicken to burgers to
steaks, as well as a full bar.
In addition to the inside bar,
Miller’s Ale House includes
a second section to the
building with garage-type
doors that will raise up to
allow it to feel like an out
side patio. The whole res
taurant is lined with televi
sions playing all types of
sports coverage.
Vincent Ugo, general
manager of Miller’s Ale
House Dawsonville, had
previously managed other
restaurant locations in
Florida and recently moved
up to Dawson County to
manage the new location.
He said that he’s very excit
ed to be in the area and to
have the chance to bring
something new to the coun
ty.
“We are so excited to be
here in Dawsonville,” Ugo
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Chamber of Commerce holds ribbon cutting for restaurant
Erica Jones
ejones@dawsonnews.com
COVID cases
in schools at
‘all-time low’
for semester
By Erica Jones
ejones@dawsonnews.com
At the Oct. 5 meeting of the Dawson
County Board of Education,
Superintendent Damon Gibbs updated the
board members on the latest COVID-19
case numbers in the district and the contin
ued precautions school staff and students
are taking.
Gibbs said that the reported positive
cases are much lower than they have been
since the start of the school year, which
began with 90 reported cases when the sys
tem started recording the numbers on Aug.
20.
“Our COVID positive cases that are
reported to us are about at an all-time low
for the school year,” Gibbs said. “We have
five students and one staff member current
ly, and those numbers have trended in our
favor very quickly.”
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Evidence sticks
before Bender
murder trial
Julia Fechter
jfechter@dawsonnews.com
When Austin Todd Stryker’s trial starts
on Nov. 1 for his alleged role in Hannah
Bender’s murder, his lawyers will still
have to argue against the state connecting
his motive to gang-related activity.
Defendant Jerry Nesbit Harper will still
be tried in tandem with Stryker after
Northeastern Superior Court Judge
Kathlene Gosselin denied a motion to
sever.
During a pre-trial hearing on Oct. 8,
motions to continue or reschedule the trial,
suppress cell phone evidence and quash
Stryker’s felony murder and weapons
counts were also denied.
On July 27, Stryker, 24, of Dawson
County, and Harper, 79, of Forsyth County,
were reindicted for their alleged involve
ment in the shooting and stabbing death of
Bender, 21, a Lumpkin County resident.
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