SunTrust Banks, Inc., America’s Home Place and Square Foot Ministry are partnering to build a home for retired veteran James Doyle and his family. The group will attempt to build a complete home in 12 hours. Volunteers will work with industry professionals to construct a home in LaGrange on Veterans Day from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. The home is being built to accommodate Doyle’s disabilities with three-foot wide doorways and a one-story floor plan. Sgt. First Class James Doyle served in the United States Army in Desert Storm, Kuwait and Iraq. Doyle was injured by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Iraq, leaving him severely disabled. He was awarded a Purple Heart and Bronze Star. For information visit http://12hourbuild.com/default.aspx. SANDRA MARSHALL MURRAY
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A second Georgia Tech student has died following a north Georgia wreck that killed one classmate and seriously injured another, the Georgia State Patrol said Tuesday.
The three friends were traveling in a 2010 BMW on Ga. 136 in Pickens County when the vehicle left the roadway on a curve, struck an embankment and overturned around 4:30 a.m. Friday, Gordy Wright, GSP spokesman, told the AJC. All three were trapped in the vehicle, Wright said.
A passenger in the car, Naren Raghuraman, 21, died at the scene. The driver, Ratheesvar Mohan, 20, of Atlanta, and another passenger, Daniel Bernard Hickman, 21, of Atlanta, were flown to Atlanta Medical Center for treatment.
Hickman died Monday evening, Wright said. Mohan remained hospitalized Tuesday, but his condition was not immediately known.
All three were wearing seat belts at the time of the wreck, Wright said. Investigators do not believe alcohol was a factor. ALEXIS STEVENS
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Samaritan Purse’s Operation Christmas Child Project collection week will be Nov. 14-21. The project collects donations of gift-filled empty shoe boxes packed with toys, school supplies, hygiene items and notes of encouragement for disadvantaged children in 100 countries. Drop-off locations are at First Baptist Church, Atlanta; Sandy Plains Baptist Church, Marietta; Johnson Ferry Baptist Church, Marietta; and Mountain Park First Baptist Church, Stone Mountain. For additional locations and drop-off time, please visit www.samaritanspurse.org. KENNETH MUSISI
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