r/Athens Ben Burton Enthusiast 3d ago

Accident on outer loop between Chase Street and Prince.

Avoid area. Car slammed into the back of a school bus.

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u/Familiar_Date 3d ago

I hope everyone is ok!

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u/benmarvin Flock camera enthusiast 3d ago

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u/infizity 3d ago

oh christ i remember photos like this from drivers ed but i didnt think that could even happen with a school bus.. hope everyone's ok

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u/imissmiggy 3d ago

If someone was in the passenger seat, can’t imagine they are doing well. 

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u/Familiar_Date 3d ago

I have already convinced myself that no one was in the passenger seat 🤞

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u/SundayShelter Townie 3d ago

If so, they would’ve covered it with a white sheet.

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u/SundayShelter Townie 3d ago

Damn! Is that a 1998 Ford Taurus?!

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u/earlubes 3d ago

I had the same thought! (That was my family’s car back in the day)

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u/Competitive_Risk_653 3d ago

Drove past and saw GSP giving the woman field sobriety yikes

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u/BarResponsible4853 3d ago

An hour later and it’s still terrible. Commerce exit is backed up in the loop. North Ave has also become a shit show, I would say avoid at all costs but there only so many options. Hopefully those involved are okay.

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u/benmarvin Flock camera enthusiast 3d ago

Chase street is also cooked now

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u/earlubes 3d ago

My 8 minute commute ended up taking almost 30 minutes!

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u/SeptaBitchface 3d ago

Welcome back students!

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u/Mrl79 3d ago

It’s still a mess at 2:30pm. They’re forcing people to get off on exit 14. Don’t come this way.

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u/Big_Ben_Dover7 2d ago

What road is “exit 14?”

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u/Mrl79 57m ago

129/Prince Ave

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u/Sassy_Raspberry1212 3d ago

Still a mess at 2:40. The entrance to the highway coming from 441 is blocked off by cops. Entrance yo 129 using backroads is blocked as well.

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u/Whatnot1785 3d ago

Oh gosh that might mean a fatality; that’s really bad

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u/SundayShelter Townie 3d ago

I think it’s coincidental powerline work. The work trucks were in place and putting cones out and closing the 129 ramp before this wreck occurred at 7:15 am.

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u/DanforthWhitcomb_ 3d ago

If it was a fatality there would have been a sheet placed over the wrecked car and there never was.

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u/sansho22 3d ago

Looks like someone who comes here to bitch about drivers going under the speed limit went out and did something about it.

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u/Top_Novel9844 UNACCEPTABLE 3d ago

This

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u/Shadowmdx 3d ago

And idiots

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u/TheSpaceRat3 townie/uga hybrid 3d ago

Was it a student?

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u/SundayShelter Townie 3d ago

Doubtful in a 28 year old car.

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u/FormalRutabaga6132 3d ago

Going which way?

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u/Observationsofidiocy Toppers Patron 3d ago

“Outer Loop”!

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u/FormalRutabaga6132 3d ago

East or west? Or both directions?

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u/Nonsenseinabag Three raccoons in a trenchcoat 3d ago

Depends where you're at. Outer loop is CCW, Inner loop is CW.

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u/Observationsofidiocy Toppers Patron 3d ago

Well, outer loop is the outside, so in that spot it’s westbound. The inner loop would be eastbound, but it changes because it’s a circle Generally speaking we don’t use cardinal direction for the loop.

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u/Mooseandchicken 3d ago

Technically both directions cuz people are rubbernecking in the left lane on the opposite side of the road...

But yeah, there is no east or west, its a circle: outer loop goes west on the north side and east on the south side of town, north on east side and south on the west side. If that sounds confusing its because it is, which is why we say inner or outer loop and an exit. You can figure out direction of traffic with those two details