Two Decatur men were killed and 13 others injured Tuesday night on I-75 just south of the High Falls road southbound on ramp. Their Chevy 3500 van ran off the road, hit a guardrail and overturned.
The crash occurred in Monroe County very near the Lamar County line and Lamar emergecy personnel were among those responding in force to the tragic scene.
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Get pissed if you must but the names are just different to me.
Are they legal American citizens? I heard that Perdue employees are always legal citizens, are they?
something..complain about your so-called president going to all the countrys he has no business in and trying to bully and shove his authority around..america has become a bully nation and a disgrace...its like the honorable louis farrakhan said...who the hell do you think you are
If you do not like America. Strike a trot. Take obama with you. Walk in any direction until someone asks for you passport. Enjoy yourself.
BUT get off my American back.
With your sign on ID (sdfg), you fit right on that list. Did you miss your ride?
Why don't you go back over to trolling the Pike paper website because you are, in the sincerest sense, A TROLL.
But if all you have to do is sit in your trailer, smoking Luckys, drinking Mad Dog and watching reruns of Springer while trolling all day then more power to you.
To paraphrase Matti Ross, speaking to Rooster Cogburn in TRUE GRIT, "If I smelled as bad as you, I wouldn't live around people either."
Kudos to you.
And just how did you find out all these facts, yog?
I wish I could trade some of the responders here for the immediate citizenship of these people, once I have received your explanation.
Thanks again for your informative response.
God bless the victims of the accident.
Two slaves have been killed from highway fatigue.
What is the hourly wage for these people traveling from Atlanta to work in Perdue's Chicken Processing Plant in Perry?
Mrs. Hattie Mae Pearce
I am not playing with the dead. I am simply asking where are they from? There is nothing funny at all about an accident or its victims. Tolley is an English-American name to answer your question. You need to take another dose of elderly tonic, Hattie Mae, at 82...there aren't many goats older than Mrs. Hattie Mae Pearce left out in the pasture.
Read comment 1.3 and 7. They get the point!!
Settle down before you have some kind of attack, Hattie Mae.
Damn Woman.
It said they were from Decatur, Ga (Atlanta) what other information do you need to know? And you better watch how you talk to me. This old woman can still whoop your ass any day of the week. You ain't nothing but a big ole heffer!
Mrs. Hattie Mae Pearce
All she was inquiring where they originated from. You did, however, manage to twist her words up a bit.
You seem to have a good bit of pent up frustration inside you, ever consider talking to a psychologist?
Calm down.
Well, Hattie Mae and
Hattie May not.
So that might just be a small step for a young goat and a Giant Leap of Faith for an old goat (over 80) like Hattie Mae.
The paper said they were traveling from Atlanta, Dingbat, they are from Africa, if I understand the bloggers who are all smarter than you, correctly.
Mrs. Hattie Mae Pearce
39 Year Veteran Educator
Sheila "The Troll" Tolley
VS
Hattie Mae "The Ass Whooper" Pearce
.....if ya smelllllllllllllllllllllllll what the Rock is cookin!
my gosh, Sheila, were you looking in the mirror and talking to yourself as you wrote????
Mrs. Hattie Mae Pearce
People who think these millionaires, like Perdue, are so great and Christian need to offer to help load HIS millions on his camel's back and help him push it through through the eye of the needle so he can get all his riches into heaven with him.
The previous slaves came on a boat, these came on a plane. Big difference, huh?
Tina Williams, if you would like to help out comment here.
Please keep their families in your prayers!
My condolences to the victims families. May they live on forever in your thoughts in past memories.
The names are not UNIQUE to you?
LET THERE BE PEACE!!!
Not everyone who asks a question about someone's name is a racist nor are they heartless. Everyone deals with tragic events differently. my guess is the others who got so angry at the first comment have some personal ties to the people in the story, weather it be you know those who were involved or work in the Refugee community.
My point is only this: how can we help others learn about the benefits of the refugee community if we are going to bite the head off of everyone who asks about it?
My heart and prayers go out not only to the families and friends of those involved but also to the orginizations like mine who will be affected by this tradegy. Vanpools like this are very common with the chicken factories in GA and for most are the only way new refugees can get to and from work in order to start their new lives over and provide for their families.
I am sad for the people in the van. Not just because of the accident and loss of life, but because not only did they have to flee horrible conditions in their homelands, they have to put up with people like Sheila Tolley here in America. Thank goodness, not everone thinks as she does.
Can't find one, huh?
You are a hypocrite who writes under a cloak of anonymity because you need to ride the fence on issues. You stand for NOTHING in a totally committed way. You are weak. You are afraid to give an opinion with your real name because you have no solid opinions. You are two-faced to any friends that you have and untrue to yourself. Actually, you and your kind are quite sad. You are like a politician at election time. Your opinion depends on the audience that is present at the moment.
You need to go Daisy-Petal Picking to make a decision.
Weakling.
She is about to catch a can of whoopass from Hattie Mae.
Mrs. Hattie Mae Pearce
Just as I figured.
Just one?
How lame.
Your ridiculous little opinion has been noted.
Thank God there are people in this community who do not think as you do.
And to the person who said something about not speaking bad of the dead (and I'm not speaking of those in this accident as I know nothing about them)a spade is a spade... no matter where it is!
Let's all pray for the recovery of those who were injured, shall we?
Sometimes I think we lose sight of the big picture here, folks.
The only question I have is, why did they live in Decatur, and commute to Perry. I would think that if Perdue was rescueing these persons, they would have places for them to live in Perry.
Are they paid at least minimum wage? If not, we are guilty of nothing less than "Elective Slavery."
What are the benefits for the workers in this program?
Are they insured by the chicken plant?
Hit the deck. Here come the explosive comments.
You are intelligent enough to weed out the anonymous and other character posts by your demented fan.
Take a break and let "pearlene" write to himself for a while. He couldn't survive without your posts.
I'm really am Hattie Mae Pearce. I have lived in Barnesville since 1935. I taught school to the colored children and enjoyed every minute. Except- the fact that the white folk would send the scrapes over for the children to eat for lunch.
Mrs. Hattie Mae Pearce
Many Perdue Farms, Inc. personnel facing lawsuits involving alleged immigration violations
MT. PLEASANT, S.C. – Motley Rice LLC, one of the nation’s largest plaintiffs’ litigation firms, along with Jacoby & Meyers LLC and Foster P.C., announce today that they have filed a putative class action lawsuit against numerous plant managers and human resource personnel of Perdue Farms, Inc. The complaint was filed on behalf of plaintiffs who allege that the defendants have conspired to knowingly hire large numbers of illegal aliens. According to the complaint, this “Illegal Immigrant Hiring Scheme” violates the federal immigration laws and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) and depresses the wages of legal workers below market levels.
The lawsuit is filed in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama Southern Division, on behalf of all hourly-paid workers legally authorized to be employed in the United States who are or have been employed by Perdue Farms, Inc. since March 2006 at sixteen poultry processing facilities. The plaintiffs believe that there are likely thousands of Perdue Farms employees who qualify as putative class members. Any hourly wage worker, legally employed at one of the named Perdue facilities between March 2006 and March 2010, who has information about or who believes the conduct alleged in the complaint affects their rights may call +1 800.966.7752 for more information.
The complaint alleges that the scheme was conducted and carried out at the following poultry processing facilities owned and operated by Perdue Farms, Inc.:
Accomac, Virginia
Bridgewater, Virginia
Concord, North Carolina
Cromwell, Kentucky
Dillon, South Carolina
Dothan, Alabama
Fayetteville, North Carolina
Georgetown, Delaware
Lewistown, North Carolina
Milford, Delaware
Monterey, Tennessee
Perry, Georgia
Rockingham, North Carolina
Salisbury, Maryland
Showell, Maryland
Washington, Indiana
“Our clients have alleged that this hiring scheme is perpetrated everyday as an integral part of Perdue’s regular hiring and employment practices and that it will continue unabated, victimizing legal workers until halted by judicial intervention,” stated Motley Rice attorney Lance Oliver.
Perdue Farms, Inc., is headquartered in Salisbury, Maryland, and claims to be the third largest poultry processing company in the United States with annual sales in excess of $4.6 billion. The plaintiffs believe that the alleged scheme saves Perdue millions of dollars in labor costs at the expense of legal workers.
The class-action suit was filed in federal court in Alabama on behalf of all hourly-paid workers who are or have been employed by Perdue Farms Inc. since March 2006 and who are legally authorized to work in the United State.
It is a civil complaint, rather than a criminal case. It alleges that Perdue managers not only knowingly hire workers with false documents, but tip them off before any government raids, according to the Daily Times.
The owners of convenience stores are no different. I talk to the owner of the one above my house frequently. He stays only a year at a time so that he has to pay no taxes. Then he swaps places with his brother so that they can continue to pay no taxes.
So let them continue to praise Perdue and his illegal legal games. BUT he owes these people hurt in this wreck and he will voluntarily pay, yes he will. ANYTHING to shut people like me the hell up.
Dutch Trade Ships helped people come here from Africa two hundred years ago. They worked for Southern Farmers also.
Humankind is not just a word. Its an action and a state of being. Some of you should be ashamed of yourselves and your core values really need to be evaluated
May you find the Love of Jesus in your heart so you can quit condemning the thoughts of others. A follower of Jesus would not wish tragedy on the families of others. If Perdue could put Jesus in his chicken factory for less than minimum wage he would have Jesus driving four hours a day to skin chickens too. He may have Jesus down as a dependent now, nothing surprises me about these crooked millionaires. Or naive people like you who still condone slavery. I am on the other site now...so don't waste an answer on this site for my reading pleasure.
Go read your Bible and pray for yourself and please do not pray for me. I do not want my Jesus to know that I respond to people who worship slave owners.
And quit saying it is a sad day in America..EVER. The worse day in America is better than the best day anywhere else in the world.
When they were refugees, they got handout from UN; now they don't have much to survive on. Please be sympathetic to them and help them if you can. May God bless you.
You are one ignorant hill billy. Who is going to Africa to get these worker? Can you read or is it the comprehension piece that you are struggling with. Bless your racist hard....Thank you Kumar and Chris for eduacating these folk. Try stepping out of Barnesville sometime and exposing yourselves to other cultures.
But not in this thread, and at this time and that shows total inconsideration and basic moral values such as kindness and love for one and all. Shame on you.