Alyssa Prindle never left ICU after falling out of a moving car on Johnson Ferry Road July 5.
An East Cobb teen charged with the death of another teen who fell out of a moving car over the July 4 holiday has been indicted by a Cobb grand jury.
Abigail Cook, 17, is facing charges of vehicular homicide, having a false identification and underage possession of alcohol.
The indictments were handed Nov. 1, according to online documents filed with the Cobb District Attorney’s Office.
Cook, whose home address is listed as Wood Thrush Way, was charged shortly after Alyssa Prindle, 18, a recent graduate of Pope High School, was seriously injured in the incident and taken to WellStar Kennestone Hospital.
Cobb Police said Prindle was a backseat passenger in an SUV driven by Cook that was heading north on Johnson Ferry Road near Sewell Mill Road around 2 a.m. on July 5.
According to police, Prindle rolled down a window of a silver 2001 Hyundai Santa Fe and began hanging out of the vehicle while it was in motion, yelling and screaming before she fell out.
Prindle, who was to have been a freshman at Georgia Southern University this fall, was in intensive care at Kennestone until she died on July 27.
The charges against Cook, who bonded out of jail shortly after her arrest, were upgraded to include vehicular homicide. She was indicted by the grand jury for violating her class D drivers license hour restrictions.
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Alex Seidnitzer, the East Cobb teenager killed in a Johnson Ferry Road accident Monday, is being remembered tonight by his co-workers and employers at Zeal Kitchen and Bar, and they’re inviting anyone who knew him to attend.
The celebration of life begins at 6:30 p.m. at the restaurant (1255 Johnson Ferry Road, in the Market Plaza Shopping Center). Here’s more about Alex that Zeal management has been sharing on social media:
“Today we celebrate the life of Alex Seidnitzer (aka Sunshine). Monday morning we lost one of our most beloved and talented Chefs to a motorcycle accident. Alex had just started culinary school this past winter and was already on route to be an extraordinary chef. Words can’t describe how much we will miss his smile, his lunch specials, the always unique and creative dessert specials, and how he always lived everyday to its fullest adventures. We love you and we miss you dearly!”
Cobb Police returned to the accident scene this morning at Johnson Ferry and Lake Rill Court as they complete their investigation. They’re not expecting to file charges.
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East Cobb News reader photo from the accident scene on Johnson Ferry Road at Lake Rill Court.
UPDATED, Tuesday, March 27, 11 A.M.: Cobb Police said this morning the motorcyclist in Monday’s Johnson Ferry Road accident has died. He has been identified as Alexander Seidnitzer, age 18, of East Cobb.
Police said Seidnitzer was traveling southbound on Johnson Ferry Road on a gray 2015 Yamaha FZ07 motorcycle when it collided with a lawn service truck at the intersection of Lake Rill Court.
The truck, driven by Joshua Peavy, 27, of Smyrna, was attempting to turn left from Lake Rill Court onto Johnson Ferry Road northbound when the accident occurred, police said.
Seidnitzer died after being transported to WellStar Kennestone Hospital, according to police, who said Peavy was not injured.
Police said they do not anticipate filing charges in the accident, which is still under investigation.
Family members said Seidnitzer was aiming to be a chef and attend culinary school (see comments below).
UPDATED, 1:50 P.M. Monday
Officer Wayne Delk of the Cobb County Police Department said a motorcyclist collided with a landscaping truck at the intersection of Johnson Ferry Road and Lake Rill Court late Monday morning.
The motorcyclist, who was not identified, was taken by ambulance from the accident scene with life-threatening injuries, Delk said. The accident occurred shortly before 10 a.m.
All northbound lanes of Johnson Ferry Road were closed between Roswell Road and Bishop Lake Road while the accident was being investigated, according to police, and only one southbound lane of Johnson Ferry was open during that time. All traffic lanes reopened around 1:40 p.m., Cobb Police said.
Delk said initial information from the accident scene indicates that the motorcyclist may be at fault.
We have received photos from a reader, including above, who was caught in the traffic jam, and who also told us this:
” . . . really sad, it was a young person on the blue motorcycle and the man driving the Arbornomics truck was so distraught and crying by the side of the road.”
We’ve also received dashcam footage from Mohamad Zakaria, who was traveling southbound on Johnson Ferry when the motorcyclist zoomed past him. Zakaria, who was heading to classes at Georgia Perimeter College, was traveling around 45 mph, the posted local speed limit.
ORIGINAL POST, 11:49 A.M. Monday
Cobb DOT is asking motorists to consider an alternative to using Johnson Ferry Road at Lake Rill Court, just north of Roswell Road, due to an accident that’s causing heavy delays.
The accident is affecting traffic in both north and southbound lanes, but that’s all the information that’s available for now.
UPDATED, 1:14 P.M.: Johnson Ferry Road traffic at that intersection is shut down until at least 2 p.m.
Lake Rill Court is the entrance to a neighborhood on the same side of Johnson Ferry as the Sunrise at East Cobb senior living facility, and just a little north of it.
We’ll update this story when we get more information.
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Cobb DOT photo of Johnson Ferry Road looking southbound at the Woodlawn Drive intersection. Northbound lanes also are backed up.
UPDATED, 1:35 P.M.: Cobb DOT reports that all northbound and southbound lanes of Johnson Ferry Road have reopened to traffic.
ORIGINAL REPORT: At around 12:45 p.m. Friday, Cobb DOT reported that an accident in the southbound lanes of Johnson Ferry Road and Woodlawn Drive is causing major traffic delays.
The delays are being experienced in both the southbound and northbound directions on Johnson Ferry Road.
