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Vehicle data recorder shows 94.4 mph before fatal southeast Atlanta collision
Morgan Gamble, a 21-year-old Clark Atlanta University senior, died after a car driven by Nikolai Dunford struck hers at Hank Aaron Drive and Glen Street. Police say the vehicle’s event recorder registered 94.4 mph in a 35 mph zone.
ATLANTA — Morgan Gamble, a 21-year-old senior at Clark Atlanta University, died after a late-night collision in southeast Atlanta in which police say the other driver was traveling nearly 60 mph over the speed limit.
The crash happened about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13, at Hank Aaron Drive and Glen Street. Gamble was driving westbound when Nikolai Dunford’s vehicle hit her car, according to police and arrest warrants.
Paramedics took Gamble to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Police arrested Dunford at the scene. He faces charges of speeding, reckless driving and first-degree vehicular homicide.
According to the warrant, Dunford agreed to let officers download data from his vehicle’s event recorder after calling his lawyer. The data showed the vehicle traveling 94.4 mph in a 35 mph zone, the warrant said.
Gamble’s family identified her to local television reporters. The available police account does not provide further details about the circumstances leading up to the collision.