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A Nissan Maxima is lodged underneath the back of a tractor-trailer on U.S. 441/Ga. 15 at Pottery Factory Drive at Banks Crossing Friday morning.
HOMER – Banks County Sheriff’s Office officials said the victim of a Friday-morning wreck victim is blessed to be alive due to the magnitude of the crash.
Sharon Lee Jordan, 72, of Lavonia was southbound on U.S. 441/Ga. 15 in a 2001 Nissan Maxima that struck the rear of a trailer pulled by a 2021 Kenworth T680 owned by Marten Transportation Ltd. of Zionsville, Ind., according to the accident report.
Jordan told deputies she did not look up from her GPS to see that the truck was stopped at the traffic light at Pottery Factory Drive, the report states.
Tuesday’s soft lockdown at two Banks County schools resulted from an extortion scam directed at the parents of some students in the system.
Banks County Chief Deputy Shawn Wilson said the sheriff’s office and GBI worked quickly to determine whether there indeed was a legitimate threat.
“After an extensive investigation into the text threats against the children on Tuesday, we have confirmed the texts originated overseas and were a scam created to embezzle funds from the parents,” Wilson said.
“This incident is the first that our agency has seen involving a phone scam where physical harm is threatened against a child for money,” Wilson said. “There was no evidence to show that the offender knew the parents or the children. It appears the information about the children was obtained through social media and a hacked account.”