Crime & Safety
Local Superior Court Judge Involved in Wreck in Barrow County
The Athens Banner-Herald reports Western Judicial Circuit Superior Court Judge H. Patrick Haggard was transported via ambulance to an Athens hospital.
A local Superior Court judge was involved in an accident Tuesday morning on Ga. Highway 316 in Barrow County, the Athens Banner-Herald reports.
Western Judicial Circuit Superior Court Judge H. Patrick Haggard had left his office at the Athens-Clarke County Courthouse for a work-related drive to Atlanta and had come to a stop at a red light at 316 and Patrick Mill Road when was struck from behind, Sheriff Jud Smith told the Banner-Herald. The impact pushed the judge’s car into another vehicle.
Haggard was taken by ambulance to Athens Regional Medical Center for treatment of superficial injuries and observation, the newspaper reports. The accident is under investigation.
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