Warner Robins Residents Involved in Serious Accident

Date:   April 6, 2009
Place: Warner Robins, Georgia
Event:  Three Car Crash in Georgia

A resident in Warner Robins, Georgia, was charged with DUI and citied for several traffic offenses including serious injury by vehicle causing a three car crash on U.S. Route 41. According to local police, Jose E. Burgos-Guevara, 29 years of age, was in custody at the Houston County jail for the cause of the accident.

Seven victims were involved in the three car crash on U.S. Route 41 and were taken to The Medical Center of Central Georgia. All the victims were released late Sunday night from the hospital except a 5-year-old boy who suffered serious facial injuries that will need surgery.

The police report states that Jose E. Burgos-Guevara was driving a Ford Ranger traveling southbound on U.S. Route 41. Tomieka Leverson Waller, 36 years of age, was driving a Nissan vehicle traveling northbound on U.S. Route 41. Ms. Waller had her two minor children in the vehicle including the 5 year old boy, who suffered the facial injuries.

John Norman Burrows, age 28, was driving a Dodge traveling behind Ms. Waller’s sport utility vehicle. Mr. Burrows was not alone in his vehicle he had an adult passenger and a minor child in his vehicle.

Mr. Burgos-Guevara was cited for failing to maintain the southbound lane while crossing over into the northbound lane were Ms. Waller and Mr. Burrows were driving. Mr. Burgos-Guevara ran off the east side of the road on U.S. Route 41 before attempting to get back on the roadway, according to the accident report. Mr. Burgos-Guevara’s Ford Ranger sideswiped Ms. Waller’s vehicle, causing her vehicle to spin around before it came to a complete stop in the southbound lane on U.S. Route 41. Mr. Burgos-Guevara’s Ford Ranger rolled and landed on its passenger side and came to a complete stop in the northbound lane on U.S. Route 41.

According to the report, Mr. Burrows slammed on his brakes and attempted to stay clear of the auto accident in front of him, which forced him into a ditch on the west side of the road on U.S. Route 41.

All lanes were closed for two hours because of the crash.

If you have been injured by a driver who was cited with DUI, please feel free to call our office at 770-577-3020 for free answers to any questions you may have.