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Fatal drag racing crash
A Blakely man, 39-year-old Andrew Tinson, was killed late Sunday afternoon when he lost control of the Monte Carlo he was racing on Radney Road approximately two miles east of Damascus. The driver of the Ford Mustang that Tinson was racing, 32-year-old Vincent O. Robinson of Baker County, also lost control of his vehicle which flipped, crushing the roof of the vehicle. Robinson suffered injuries to his leg and arm, but his life was spared when a roll bar barely supported the roof over the driver's head. Official information from the Georgia State patrol was sketchy Tuesday afternoon as the investigation was still underway investigation by the GSP's Special Crash Reconstruction Team.
"It was one of those situations where when officers arrived on the scene nobody seemed to know anything," Sheriff Jimmie Murkerson told the News Monday morning. When officers arrived at the scene it was obvious that Tinson had been killed instantly in the crash. Robinson had disappeared from the scene, but was found later that evening in the Bainbridge hospital emergency room. "It appeared someone had also tried to remove Robinson's vehicle from the scene," Murkerson stated. "We have received several calls over the past several months about drag racing in that area," Murkerson stated. "But, they were always gone before we could get anybody there."
Robinson was released from the Bainbridge hospital and is being held in the Early County jail on charges in connection with the race and accident. Some of those charges are pending the completion of the GSP investigation into the incident.
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