A local father of five was killed Wednesday morning in a bad wreck on Mike Padgett Highway in Hephzibah.
Daniel Oliver, a Waynesboro father of five, was killed Wednesday morning on Mike Padgett Highway at McCombs Road.
Oliver, 33, was pulling out of a parking lot to travel north on Mike Padgett Highway around 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, Coroner Mark Bowen said in a press release. A vehicle traveling southbound struck Oliver’s vehicle on the driver’s side. Oliver was pronounced dead on the scene at 5:45 a.m. Wednesday.
The victim has five sons, including one expected in April, according to his wife, Tyfani.
Greg Rickabaugh is the Jail Report Contributor for The Augusta Press. Reach him at [email protected].com
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Oh my, this is awful. I saw all the marks on the road where they marked it up and I knew something bad had happened. God bless the family, especially this time of year.
No time to lose a loved one is a good time, but just before Christmas is so heartbreaking. My sincere prayers for this man’s family and friends. I am so very sorry.
Padgett Highway is consistently regarded as an accident-prone roadway. Lots of fatalities. Why can’t something be done to improve its status?
There is no excuse for police not to have a constant presence on 56. I’m tired of people riding my bumper while I try to make my way to work. I refuse to do 85 just because these morons can’t drive. They whip in and out of traffic like it’s the Daytona 500. There should be a 4 car patrol between the hours of 5-8 am and 5-8 pm. It would save lives and possibly slow these idiots down…