ATHENS, Ga. — The family of a UGA student killed in a wrong-way crash is hoping for some type of justice through a $50 million lawsuit.
The man accused of causing the crash is on the run.
“He’s out there living his life,” her mother says LIVE on Channel 2 Action News at 5:00 p.m.
Ph.D. student Beth Buchanan and her mother were driving to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport when this family’s nightmare began.
“We had to get up early for a 6 a.m. flight,” Dr. Julia Olsen-Buchanan told Channel 2’s Candace McCowan.
It’s been three years since Beth was killed driving her mother to the airport after a weekend visit. Julia had traveled from California to see her daughter.
Beth was killed, and Julia was hospitalized for three weeks.
The driver accused of hitting them, Cesar Macias, was also injured. He was allowed to recover at home and he ran off.
There is a $15,000 reward for Macias. Channel 2 spoke to the U.S. Marshals about the case Wednesday, and they said, “We won’t stop looking.”
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