Madison County GaArchives News.....Elderly Colbert Man Killed July 15, 1984
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Athens Banner Herald July 15, 1984
By Rufus Adair
Banner-Herald Writer

   A 79-year-old Colbert man was killed in a two-car automobile crash Saturday 
afternoon as he attempted to pull onto Georgia 72 from a side road.
   Georgia state troopers said Arthur Thompson of Route 1, Colbert, had 
stopped at the Edwards Road entry onto Georgia 72, but according to witnesses 
then pulled into the path of a car driven by Bryan Scoggins, 25, of Route 5, 
Elberton.
   Scoggings' 1968 Chevrolet Camaro struck Thompson's 1978 Mercury Marquis in 
the rear and on the passenger's side at an estimated speed of 50 mph.  Still, 
Thompson's car was "not damaged that badly," according to one trooper, perhaps 
because the two cars were by then headed roughly in the same direction.
   However, Thompson was not wearing a seat belt, said the trooper, and as 
pronounced dead on arrival at Athen General Hospital.
   Scoggins was later treated at St. Mary's Hospital and released in good 
condition.  A passenger in his car, 20-year-old Barbara Joslyn of Route 2, 
Elberton, was admitted to St. Mary's in stable condition.

Additional Comments:
This traffic accident happened 1.0 mile from Mr. Thompson's home only two 
months after the death of his wife.  See obituaries for both Thompson on the 
Obituary link.

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