COBB COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE

                                                         PRESS RELEASE                                      

Sheriff’s Deputy Involved in Accident

            On Tuesday, September 11, 2007, a Sheriff’s Office Inmate transport vehicle was involved in a traffic accident while transporting an inmate back to the Cobb County Jail after a court appearance.   The accident occurred on County Services Parkway at approximately 10:15 am. As a precautionary measure, the Deputy and the Inmate were taken to the Hospital and treated for non-life threatening injures.       

     According to Sheriff Neil Warren, the incident is currently being investigated by the Georgia State Patrol.   “On an average day, Deputies transport over 125 inmates to and from the courthouse stated Warren.  “We are fortunate that this accident is a rare occurrence and that no one was seriously injured”   

            No other information regarding the accident is available at this time.

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RELEASE DATE:   Tuesday, September 11, 2007.  For further information contact  Nancy Bodiford at 770-499-4723