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Driver hits school bus head-on in Cherokee County, runs away

The driver of a Honda Accord hit the bus head-on, got out of the car and ran, the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office said.
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Oct 1, 2019

Officials in Cherokee County are investigating a hit-and-run crash after a driver struck a school bus head-on, got out of the car and ran away.

The wreck happened on Hightower Road in Ball Ground before 6:30 a.m., according to Cherokee sheriff’s spokesman Jay Baker.

A Honda Accord crossed the center line and collided with the bus, he said.

The bus left the roadway and slid down an embankment, Baker said. The driver of the Honda got out of the car and ran away. The driver has not been found, Baker said.

One student was on board the bus at the time, according to Cherokee school district spokeswoman Barbara Jacoby. Neither the student nor the driver was hurt, she said.

The roadway was closed while authorities were on the scene. Officials reopened the road just before 9 a.m.

In other news: 

The Gainesville Police Department said an officer shot a man who officials say pulled a knife on??emergency responders following a hit-and-run crash Monday evening.

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Asia Simone Burns is a watchdog reporter for the AJC. Burns was formerly an intern in AJC’s newsroom and now writes about crime. She is a graduate of Samford University and has previously reported for NPR and WABE, Atlanta’s NPR member station.

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