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SEE PAGE 5A
. A state
trooper said it's
very fortunate
that no one
was seriously
injured when an
allegedly drunk
LaGrange
woman went
three miles on
1-75 going the Nikki Germany
wrong way of LaGrange was
before striking a cited for DUI after
Warner Robins going the wrong
woman at 2:30 way on 1-75 and
a.m. on Sunday. striking a Ford
Georgia Escape (right).
state trooper
Joshua Staff
said Nikki Germany, 38,
of LaGrange, was heading
north in her Dodge Charger
in the southbound
lane ofi-75 until
she struck a Ford
Escape driven by
Amy Gorton, 42,
of Warner Robins.
Germany was
bleeding from the
' head and Monroe
County EMS took
her to Navicent
Health in Macon
for treatment. The
accident happened
at mile marker 196,
just south of the
High Falls Road
exit.
SheriffBrad
Freeman said that Germany
entered 1-75 south going
north at the ]ohnstonville
Road exit and continued for
three miles before the col-
lision. "lhe report said she
recorded a. 18 blood alcohol
content, well above the .08
legal limit. Along with DUI,
Staffcited her for reckless
driving and driving on the
wrong side of the road.
The report said
Germany's eyes were
glassy and bloodshot
and she did not real-
ize what she had done.
She told Staffshe had
drunk two Corona
beers at Club 81 in
McDonough. Gorton
and her passenger,
Sharon Matsie, were
not injured.
"Ihe accident hap-
pened almost exactly three
years after David Fryar of
Forsyth entered 1-75 also
going north in the south-
bound lane before caus-
ing a head-on wreck that
killed himself and a
mother and her 7-year-old
daughter. hat accident hap-
pened on May 28, 2016, also
near mile marker 195, after
Fryer entered the south-
bound lane going north at
the main Forsyth exit at Lee
Street.
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to build
$2 million facility
By Richard Dumas
forsyth@mymcr.net
Monroe County Commissioners will build a new $2
million, 10,000-square-foot facility for the district attor-
ney; public defender and 911 center next to the sheriff's
office.
Commissioners on May 21 hired Macon-based War-
ren & Associates, Inc to build the facility on a vacant lot
across from the sheriff s office at the recommendation
of county manager Jim Hedges. The county will pay
Warren 11.5 percent of the total project cost (6 percent
for design and 5.5 percent for construction). Warren will ,
use Macon-based BTBB, Inc. as the architect.
Perry-based Parrish Construction, Macon-based - .
if Renfr e C nstructi n, Warner R bins-based T mmy; "
c5 Gibson Builders and Macon-based Pro Construction
also bid on the project. Warren edged Gibson, which "l A A: :/ LA ^,-, ,-.
proposed a fee ofl2 percent, as low bidder. I/(]lV II()II()IS IUI /L/-V U/-UIU IDUbll
III1 ]!lll[ll'ill '11 Hedges estimated the cost of the project, which also --" / -- --
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includes a re-design and buildout of vacated E-911 space of friends and family, as well as his military comrades from the Army, said fare-
at the Justice Center, at between $1.75 million and $2.1 well to Forsyth's Kolton Bush, as the 20-year-old was laid to rest with full military honors
million. He said the proposed buildingwill be between at Monroe Memorial Gardens on Hwy 41 on Tuesday Bush died in an auto accident near
10,000 and 12,000 square feet, will be Iocatedon vacant, Fort Campbell, Ky. where he was stationed last weekend. Bush's 16-year-old brother
land across from the Monroe oun jusuce enter ana
8 ty Ryder told the crowd that his brother was his best friend, and loved to hunt, be outdoors
will take six to sevenmonths to complete. "/he project and would do anything for his friends. Several of Bush's fellow soldiers from his unit at
will be paid for using 2020 Special Purpose Local Op-
i[][[!l][[ !lO !1! Li tion Sales Tax (SPLOST) funds. District 3 commissioner Fort Campbell made the trip to Georgia to pay their respects and presented the family
John Ambrose was absent from the May 21 meeting, with their unit's insignia during the funeral services. Along with Ryder, Bush is survived by
his mother Tera Bush. (Photo/Will Davis)
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