Augusta, GA
Fiery head-on crash kills 23-year-old on Furys Ferry
EVANS, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Drivers stayed mostly safe on New Year’s Eve across the CSRA, with the exception of a fatal crash in Columbia County and a collision between two patrol cars in Aiken County.
Carson Levi Downs, 23, of Anderson, S.C., was identified as the victim of the fatal crash at Furys Ferry Road and Millstone Drive in Columbia County.
Deputies responded to that crash at 8:10 p.m. Sunday.
Upon arrival, a deputy found a vehicle on fire and extinguished it.
An investigation revealed a Nissan Altima was traveling west on Furys Ferry when a Toyota 4Runner pulled into its path, according to deputies.
Officials say the driver of the Nissan Altima swerved into the oncoming lane and collided head-on with the 4Runner.
Downs was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
A 16-year-old from Evans was identified as the driver of the Toyota 4Runner and suffered no injuries. Deputies say charges are forthcoming.
Alcohol was not a factor in the collision, according to authorities.
In Aiken County
The Aiken County Sheriff’s Office confirms two police cars crashed into each other on Augusta Road near Warrenville on Sunday evening.
It happened just before 10 p.m.
Capt. Eric Abdullah with the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the crash and said there were no injuries.
Abdullah says the South Carolina Highway Patrol is now handling this incident.
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Augusta, GA
Georgia governor candidate Olu Brown campaigns in Augusta
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Democratic candidate for Georgia governor Olu Brown visited Augusta on Friday evening, stopping near the Sand Hills Community Center as early voting continues.
Brown is one of six candidates in the Democratic primary.
Campaign priorities
Brown said his vision as governor would focus on three main areas.
“One, it’s affordability around health care and making sure we expand Medicaid and expand Peach Care and make sure we continue to make our rural health care systems healthy and vital,” Brown said. “Number two, we’ve got to address education in all of Georgia, making sure every kid in Georgia gets an excellent education, and we’re paying our teachers more. And number 3, we’re protecting the rights of all women. Folks in the Gold Dome shouldn’t be making decisions about their bodies or the choices that they make.”
Brown is running against Amanda Duffy, Derrick Jackson, Geoff Duncan, Jason Esteves, Keisha Lance Bottoms and Mike Thurmond.
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Augusta, GA
Augusta Prep student arrested over picture of LEGO gun, threat he called a joke
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – An Augusta Prep student was arrested on a charge of terroristic threats over a picture of a LEGO gun he posted on social media.
It happened Wednesday, according to an incident report from the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office.
Eric Hedinger, the principal of Augusta Preparatory Day School, told deputies a student had uploaded a picture to Snapchat of a “pistol” with the caption “shooting up the school so I don`t have to take the stats exam tomorrow. Don`t come yall!”
The principal said he spoke to the student and his father about the photo.
The principal also provided deputies with the student’s address in Grovetown.
A deputy went there and was told by the student that the “pistol” was a LEGO set that he had built.

He also said the comment he made was supposed to be a joke because he was not looking forward to taking his Advanced Placement statistics test this week.
The student showed the deputy the box that the LEGO set came in, and how the set was already disassembled.
The deputy also looked in the boy’s room to make sure he was not in possession of any weapons.
The mother advised that there was one firearm in the residence but it was locked up.

The deputy contacted Judge Leslie Morgan and she issued a warrant for terroristic threats.
The student, age 18, was taken into custody and transported to the Columbia County Detention Center.
News 12 is not reporting his name or publishing his photo since the LEGO gun could not have actually harmed anyone.
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