A Georgia probation officer faces DUI charges after causing a multi-car pileup on I-20 that seriously injured several people and shut down the interstate for hours on Independence Day.

🚗 What Happened: State Trooper investigators say Alexis Friendly, a two-year veteran with the Georgia Department of Community Supervision, was driving drunk in her government Ford Explorer when she caused a chain-reaction crash.

  • The Explorer rear-ended a Toyota Corolla near Fairburn Road in Douglas County just before midnight
  • The impact sent both vehicles spinning, hitting a Mitsubishi Outlander and a parked Lexus

🏥 The Victims: The Toyota driver suffered serious injuries requiring airlift to Kennestone Hospital, while others received minor injuries.

⏱️ Catch Up Quick: The crash created a six-hour traffic standstill on eastbound I-20.

👮 Official Response: The Georgia Department of Community Supervision has suspended Friendly immediately.

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B.T. Clark is the Publisher of The Georgia Sun and author of Principles Are Like Pants… You Ought to Have Some. Over two decades in journalism, he has served as Managing Editor of Neighbor Newspapers in metro Atlanta and Digital Director at Times-Journal Inc., earning multiple awards along the way. His work has appeared in newspapers across the state, including The Cherokee Tribune and The Marietta Daily Journal.