Driver slams into security shack, kills security guard on duty
GRIFFIN, Ga. December 29 2021— A driver is facing charges after drunkenly driving through a security guard shack, killing the person inside, troopers said.
Georgia State Patrol said the driver was under the influence of alcohol Monday at 2:45 a.m. while driving on Sun City Parkway in Griffin at Jordon Hill Road.
Law enforcement officers were called to the area for a deadly hit-and-run crash.
Troopers said a 2013 Chevrolet Camaro left the roadway and plowed through an occupied guard shack at a retirement community.
There was a security officer inside, according to GSP.
The Spalding County Sheriff’s Office said 60-year-old Ebenezer Sowunmi died on scene.
The suspect then walked away from the scene and went to his father’s house inside the community.
When the father found out, investigators said he took his son back to the scene while first responders and law enforcement arrived.
The sheriff’s office said the driver has been charged with vehicular homicide, driving under the influence and failure to maintain lane. He’s being held in the Spalding County jail without bond.
Almost 24 hours after the incident, yellow tape remains up on the gated entrance to the retirement community, Sun City Peachtree, on Jordon Hill Road in Griffin.
