Oconee County, GA Politics

Empty school bus involved in accident on 316 leaving one injured | Online Athens

I was taking my son to school this morning along my usual path along what I call North Main Street through downtown Watkinsville (evidently the Sheriff's Dispatch calls it Highway 15) when I crawled up to the busy intersection with the Highway 441 Bypass. There was a smallish gap with a couple of vehicles barreling down east in my direction on the highway towards Athens, but this morning I decided not to engage the rocket power of my Dodge Ram 2500 Diesel truck and instead remained steadfast and resolute when suddenly there was a large and loud "thud" on the back of my bumper. I was rear-ended by a gentleman in a SUV in the lane where one would merge with the rapid traffic of Highway 441, causing much worse damage to his front bumper then it would appear to my trailer hitch or rear bumper. A 50-cent piece slice of plastic came off my assembly near the license plate, which as anyone who has paid for any repairs lately means an $800.00+ damage estimate at your local neigh...