Around the Region: Drivers Identified in I-285 Fatal Accident

Smyrna Patch

Cobb police have identified those involved in . The name of the passenger killed in the accident is not being released pending notification of next of kin.

The accident involved a tractor-trailer driven by 39-year-old Jamie Poole of Lula, Ga., a black Lexus GS430 driven by 37-year-old Mark Shorthouse of Atlanta and a black Toyota Tacoma pickup truck driven by Enio Tejada of Lawrenceville. Neither Poole nor Shorthouse was injured in the accident, but Tejada was taken to Wellstar Kennestone Hospital and treated for non-life threatening injuries. His passenger died at the scene.

Dacula Patch

A Dacula woman received an unusual phone call on the morning of Aug. 8.

According to the Gwinnett County Police incident report, the woman was away from home when she received a call from a male acquaintance who advised that he was inside the woman’s Leighs Brook Way home. When the woman asked the man what he was doing in her house, the man reportedly replied that he needed to use the bathroom. The woman told police that when she asked how the man got into her home, he replied that he “just got in.”

Acworth Patch

An inmate at the  was found dead Saturday morning and the case is being investigated.

An officer noticed an unresponsive white male lying on his bed inside his cell at about 7:30 a.m, and discovered that the man had died.

Authorities have not released the identity of the 53-year-old man, who appears to have died of natural causes in his sleep, as there are no signs of foul play.