Thanks to reader who lives in Chadds Walk for asking us to check out what she said was a “bad accident” shortly after midnight Monday on Oak Lane, and that prompted fire/rescue as well as police presence.
A Cobb Police spokesman told us that the accident involved a single vehicle that struck a tree at 12:03 a.m. on Oak Lane near Wyeth Walk (that’s east of Johnson Ferry Road).
Officer Neil Penirelli said a white 2009 Mazda RX8 driven by Evan Jones, 27, of Marietta, was negotiating a curve on Oak Lane when the car left the road and hit the tree.
Penirelli said Jones was taken to Wellstar Kennestone Hospital and is listed in critical but stable condition, and that speed and alcohol are possible contributing factors in the accident.
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