CLEVELAND, Ga. (AP) - A man whose 16-year-old daughter was killed when a car overturned in a White County creek has been arrested for making improvements at the site.
The Gainesville Times (https://bit.ly/1JE1VzJ ) reports that Shannon Hamilton planned to add berms near a bridge on Gene Nix Road. Hamilton says he hopes they would be a temporary fix until guardrails could be installed.
Hamilton’s daughter, Cecily Mcree Hamilton, died in a March 15 crash along with driver 18-year-old Taylor Scott Swing. Police have said the car left the road, went off a bank and overturned in Town Creek.
Hamilton was arrested Sunday afternoon for interfering with government property and posted $5,000 bail. He says county officials should make the area safer.
The newspaper reports that county officials weren’t immediately available to comment.
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Information from: The Times, https://www.gainesvilletimes.com
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