Tuesday, May 21 2013 12:03 AM EDT2013-05-21 04:03:02 GMT
Paramedics tell us they're amazed no one was seriously hurt in a rush hour crash just outside Albany Monday evening. The driver of a pickup truck lost control on Philema Road just before 5:00. The truckMore >>
The driver of a pickup truck and his passenger walk away from the mangled wreckage after a crash.More >>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 12:02 AM EDT2013-05-21 04:02:59 GMT
An unusual wreck on Albany's bypass Monday night left the highway littered with yard debris. About 9:30, a car collided with a trailer that was hauling tree limbs on the Liberty Expressway between theMore >>
Wrecked cars and yard debris slow traffic on Albany's bypass.More >>
Monday, May 20 2013 11:45 PM EDT2013-05-21 03:45:07 GMT
Moultrie Police tell us they have the accused triggerman in a shooting in custody after two weeks on the run. Police arrested 19-year-old Darren Huntley over the weekend in Waycross. 22-year-old DominiqueMore >>
Moultrie Police tell us they have the accused triggerman in a shooting in custody after two weeks on the run.More >>
Monday, May 20 2013 11:37 PM EDT2013-05-21 03:37:21 GMT
Students at a South Georgia University are working together to make it into the workforce. Nursing students at Georgia Southwestern asked business students to help them prepare for their job searches. HumanMore >>
Students at a South Georgia University are working together to make it into the workforce.More >>
Monday, May 20 2013 11:28 PM EDT2013-05-21 03:28:47 GMT
A lot of South Georgians are all too familiar with the damage a tornado can do. An EF-3 tornado roared through Americus six years ago. It killed two people and destroyed Sumter Regional Hospital andMore >>
A lot of South Georgians are all too familiar with the damage a tornado can do.More >>
If devastating tornadoes hit south Georgia, area hospitals and emergency agencies are now better prepared to handle the disaster.
Seven hospitals and six EMS agencies from seven south Georgia counties took part in a full-scale disaster exercise Thursday tonight.
Numerous mock patients were brought into Phoebe Putney Hospital to test the staff. Phoebe's Chief Compliance Officer Brad Hallford said, "What we're trying to test is the ability of the staff of the hospital to set up a command center effectively to communicate with all the staff and make sure we're having patients come through the system as quick and as efficiently as we can and we take the best care of them we can."
The scenario included multiple tornadoes touching down in several counties that produced mass casualties.
It was designed to stretch the capacity of each hospital's resources to identify potential gaps so improvements can be made.
Phoebe officials stress the drill did not disrupt their normal operations.
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