Police in Atlanta say Nikolai Dunford was flying down the road at 94.4 mph when his car slammed into another vehicle late Tuesday. The crash took place at Hank Aaron Drive and Glen Street in southeast Atlanta around 11:30 p.m. The driver of the other car, Morgan Gamble, did not survive.
Gamble was 21 and a senior at Clark Atlanta University. She was driving westbound when the impact happened. Medics rushed her to the hospital. She was pronounced dead there.
Officers arrested Dunford at the scene. The charges against him include speeding, reckless driving, and first-degree homicide by vehicle. The event data recorder in his car is a key piece of evidence. It logged that high speed in a 35 mph zone.
An officer on the scene asked if they could download the recorder. Dunford called his lawyer and then agreed. That reading of 94.4 mph is what investigators are hanging a lot of the case on.
The speed has people talking about how fast cars can get going on city streets. A 35 mph limit is there for a reason. When somebody triples that, the results can be final.
Gamble’s family is grieving a young woman who was almost done with college. The university community is feeling the loss as well. She had been working toward the end of her senior year.
The case is still open as investigators dig deeper. Dunford sits with those charges while the legal process plays out. For everyone connected to Morgan the night ended with a life cut short on an Atlanta street.
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