On Thursday, May 14 a Greenville man was killed in Appling.
According to Columbia County Sheriff’s office, the accident happened at around 10.30 am when 65 year old Garud S. Acharya was stopped in his Toyota Camry on Bennett Road at Ray Owens Road. Acharya worked for ADT and was in the area for his job. He was trying to turn left onto Ray Owens Road, and pulled into the path of a northbound dump truck, being driven by 58 year old David Lee Johnson, of Thomson. The truck, owned by Barry Tabor Paving Inc. hit the Camry on the driver’s side pushing it off the road and into a ditch. The truck then continued moving and ended up on top of the Camry.
Acharya was pronounced dead at the scene due to from blunt force trauma to the head. Johnson was uninjured.
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