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Tyrone amends crash report

Victim still recovering in hospital

By JOHN MUNFORD
jmunford@TheCitizen.com

New information has led Tyrone police to amend an accident report from a Sept. 12 crash that seriously injured two girls.

The report has been finalized with Orleana Kafi Winston, 17, of Benjamin Circle Road being listed as the driver, according to Tyrone Police Chief Johnny Hay.

One of the victims, identified on the accident report as Kenosha Thornton, 15, of 855 Wagon Wheel Way in north Fayette County, is still hospitalized and is slowly recovering from her injuries, Hay said. The other victim, Crystal Monique McDonald, 17, of 145 Winterberry Ridge Road, also in north Fayette County, was also seriously injured, though she is now out of the hospital, police said.

Charges will be filed against Winston for failing to yield to oncoming traffic, Hay said. Her injuries weren’t as extensive as those to Thornton and McDonald, police said.

According to the accident report, Winston was driving a 1995 Mitsubishi Mirage south on Ga. Highway 74 when it turned left onto Carriage Oaks, into the path of a 1995 Volvo T5R driven by Matthew Paul Arsenault, 22, of Fairburn.

Arsenault’s vehicle, heading northbound, struck the passenger’s side of McDonald’s car, police said.