HALL CO. SHERIFF’S OFFICE (HCSO) FACEBOOK POST:
“If you ever wonder why ๐๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด๐ถ๐ฎโ๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ was written, Hall County Sheriffโs Office deputies recently experienced the fallout of a driver who didnโt follow it.
Early Sunday morning, July 13, two deputies in a marked patrol vehicle were at the scene of a vehicle breakdown on the southbound side of Interstate 985 near Exit 24. Deputies had the patrol vehicleโs emergency lights and directional arrows activated, directing drivers approaching from the rear to move left.
Despite minimal traffic (approximately 12:10 a.m.) and the active emergency equipment on the patrol car, the driver of a southbound pickup truck failed to move over and side-swiped the deputiesโ vehicle. Fortunately, the deputy in the driverโs seat was wearing his seatbelt and suffered only a minor injury. He returned to full duty after being checked out at the hospital. The occupants of the truck and the second deputy were not injured.
The fallout mentioned above included a ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฝ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ผ๐บ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐๐, ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ โ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ – ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟโ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ.”