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NEWS NEARBY: Six-Foot Snake Hitches a Ride
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- Woodstock Patch
John Gambrell and Mike Bird were returning to their company from a worksite Wednesday evening when they were flagged down as they drove along U.S. 92.
When they stopped the man was waving his hand and pointing to the bumper of the company van and shouting “There is a snake wrapped around your bumper."
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To men's surprise they found a 6-foot-long red tail boa constrictor wrapped around the van’s rear bumper, said Tami Keeling, who works with the men at Vision Stairways & Millwork in Woodstock.
A Cherokee County Animal control officer, and a Cherokee County Deputy came and collected the snake without incident. The animal control officer said that the red tail boa constrictor, which is native to South America, was very healthy and too tame to have been in the wild for long, Keeling said.
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– Canton Patch
Funeral arrangements for , the 29-year-old Canton man who was , have been announced.
A wake will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday at . The funeral will take place at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Sosebee Memorial Chapel. Burial will follow at .
Jones was behind the wheel of a 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix that traveled northbound on Bells Ferry Road "at a high rate of speed, crossed into the southbound lane and struck a 2006 Chevrolet Colorado head-on," Georgia State Patrol spokesman Gordy Wright said. .
- Peachtree Corners Patch
Three people have been hospitalized after a Friday night crash near the intersection of Highway 316 and Winder Highway -- an accident which police say was caused by a wrong way driver.
According to an emailed statement from Gwinnett County Police, the head on collision occurred at approximately 10:30 p.m. The wrong way driver is believed to have been driving under the influence.