Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Michael O. Snider of Stone Mountain is charged with vehicular homicide and felony murder after the fatal series of accidents on Jan. 23.
Michael Owen Snider of the Stone Mountain area has been indicted by a Gwinnett County jury on 29 separate charges related to several hit and run accidents, including one that involved a fatality, according to the Gwinnett Daily Post. The charges include two counts of homicide by vehicle and another of felony murder, meaning that the jury believes Snider intentionally set out to kill people on the road that night. Snellville and Gwinnett County Police responded to the devastating scene Jan. 23 after an alleged drunk driver caused a total of 15 accidents stretching from Memorial Drive in DeKalb to Walton Court just outside of Snellville city limits. According to Gwinnett Police Cpl. Jake Smith, the driver ended his rampage when he crashed …
Sunday, February 3, 2013
Some victims told the AJC they thought they were going to die during the Jan. 23 accidents, several of which happened in unincorporated Stone Mountain before events turned deadly in Snellville.
Drivers and passengers whose cars were rammed by an alleged drunk driver on Jan. 23 in Stone Mountain said they feared for their lives, according to an article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution about a preliminary hearing on the case. See also: Update: Alleged Drunk Driver Hits Cars in Stone Mountain, Causes Fatal Wreck in Snellville Details Emerge in Fatal Accident, Hit-and-Runs on Highway 78 The AJC article details the series of accidents, which covered 15 miles from the Decatur area to Snellville, where one woman was killed. Michael Snider, 70, of Stone Mountain has been charged with vehicular homicide, serious injury by vehicle, DUI, reckless driving and following too closely. "I thought we were going to die," said one victim, …
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Son of driver accused of ramming 15 vehicles stated that his father had just left a DeKalb bar, where he was regularly over-served.
Gwinnett County Police have released details surrounding the hit-and-runs that took place on Jan. 23 shortly before midnight. The accidents stretched from Memorial Drive in Stone Mountain to Walton Court in Snellville, with the final accident resulting in the death of Loganville's Mintiwal Woldeyhans, 69. Her daughter, 51-year-old Yeshihareg Abebe, is in the hospital with serious injuries. The driver, Michael O. Snider, 70, is currently in Gwinnett County jail on charges of DUI, following too closely, reckless driving, vehicular homicide and serious injury by vehicle. He was detained by Snellville Police after he attempted to flee the scene. Read the original story here. Following Snider's arrest, officers contacted his son and advised …
