Callahan

A Callahan man was in critical condition yesterday after he was hit riding his bicycle on Florida A1A in Callahan, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

John C. Williams, 49, was riding east near Stratton Road shortly after 11 a.m. when he was hit by a westbound car driven by Courtney Whitaker, 20, of Callahan. Whitaker told investigators a car in front of her braked suddenly causing her to change lanes to avoid a collision.

Williams was taken to Shands Jacksonville.

By Kevin Turner

kevin.turner@mynassausun.com

Two Callahan residents were killed and one critically injured in two separate highway accidents during the Memorial Day holiday weekend, the Florida Highway Patrol reported.

John Douglas Kilgore Jr., 21, was killed in a head-on collision with a tractor-trailer early Monday.

Nina D. Thomas, 56, was killed after Nathan L. Thomas, 60, lost control of the car in which she was riding and veered into the path of another car Friday night. Nathan Thomas was critically injured.

Kilgore was driving east on a two-lane segment Florida A1A four miles east of Callahan when he moved into the westbound lane to pass another car. His 1995 Chevrolet pickup truck slammed into a 2003 Freighliner semi driven by Joseph W. Allbritton, 32, of Nahunta, Ga.

A 38-year-old Callahan woman is in critical condition after a traffic crash Monday night when her car hit a tree on the westside of Jacksonville.

Rachel Shea Callis of Callahan was driving east in the 12100 block of Acree Road when her car left the road and sideswiped a tree, according to a Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office traffic crash report. The car then turned 90 degrees and struck a second tree.

It’s unknown if she was wearing a seat belt, the report said.

Callis was transported to Shands Jacksonville hospital where she is in critical condition, a Shands spokeswoman said Wednesday. – Adam Aasen

Nassau County runners turned out in force for the 31st annual Gate River Run in Jacksonville on March 8. Here's how your neighbors finished.

Overall Rank Name, Age, Hometown Chip Time

130 Matthew Altman, 25, Fernandina Beach 57:02:00
160 Toby Lentz, 31, Fernandina 58:40:00
209 Michael Biagini, 33, Fernandina 1:00:39
233 Shane Still, 41, Yulee 1:01:18
236 Bill Murto, 42, Fernandina 1:01:49
249 Ken Marker, 30, Fernandina 1:01:52
297 Brian McGuire, 36, Fernandina 1:03:19
324 Brian Gordon, 26, Yulee 1:03:47
444 Michael Nichols, 44, Fernandina 1:06:21
452 Brett Opalinski, 36, Fernandina 1:06:24
505 Gary Haslip, 45, Fernandina 1:07:15
508 Dillon Harrison, 32, Callahan 1:07:18
511 Vic Lloyd, 45, Yulee 1:07:22
552 Matthew Mandeville, 44, Callahan 1:07:40
592 Vann Simmons, 41, Amelia Island 1:07:59
655 Joshua Sherrill, 27, Fernandina 1:08:57
671 Patrick Kelley, 34, Fernandina 1:05:39
681 Chris Twiggs, 37, Fernandina 1:09:14
737 Luke Walls, 19, Callahan 1:09:43
777 Tarla Millar, 34*, Amelia Island 1:10:00
801 Del Conner, 55, Hilliard 1:10:00
826 Marc Demeter, 35, Fernandina , 1:10:34
1028 Joey Shiver, 14, Yulee 1:11:39
1039 Todd Hopkins, 45, Fernandina 1:12:25
1062 Roger Burnsed, 39, Sanderson 1:12:12
1066 Deborah Dunham, 40*, Fernandina 1:12:42
1110 Conner Stevenson, 14, Callahan 1:12:01
1182 Marc Anderson, 46, Fernandina 1:12:54
1194 Chad Irwin, 28, Fernandina 1:11:53
1210 Shelly Davies, 34*, Fernandina 1:14:10
1271 Larry Stokes, 27, Bryceville 1:12:59
1364 Jennifer Gallese, 32*, Fernandina 1:14:36
1386 Sorcha French, 32*, Fernandina 1:15:28
1478 Ashley Stanley, 29*, Yulee 1:15:58
1510 Jeff Wright, 47, Amelia Island 1:15:59
1511 Jamie McCarthy, 28*, Fernandina 1:16:28
1539 Lawrence Stake, 31, Callahan 1:15:07
1548 Dorie Chauncey, 29*, Fernandina 1:16:43
1554 Alicia Parker, 47*, Fernandina 1:15:19
1557 Rusty Burke, 30, Yulee 1:14:37
1574 Mark Belton, 47, Callahan 1:16:03
1592 James Leblanc, 39, Fernandina 1:12:30
1599 Jeffrey Miller, 49, Fernandina 1:16:47
1665 Jeffrey Gallese, 44, Fernandina 1:16:51
1685 Diana Twiggs, 36*, Fernandina 1:17:37
1796 Cole Stevenson, 17, Callahan 1:17:05
1811 Michael Pitts, 33*, Fernandina 1:15:07
1818 Lisa Haviland, 46*, Fernandina 1:18:23
1825 James Strozinsky, 47, Fernandina 1:18:50
1881 Carolyn Peeples, 33*, Yulee 1:19:04
1899 David Stanley, 21, Fernandina 1:18:54
1943 John Pennypacker, 42, Fernandina 1:18:28
1978 John Fournier, 43, Fernandina 1:18:55
2015 Kim Philo, 43*, Fernandina 1:19:52
2016 Robin Lentz, 28*, Fernandina 1:16:33
2084 Everett Crum, 73, Hilliard 1:20:01
2142 David Schreck, 43, Bryceville 1:20:12
2166 Stacy Simmons, 42*, Amelia Island 1:20:36
2208 Quinn Garber, 29, Fernandina 1:17:00
2218 Clara Podrasky, 34*, Fernandina 1:17:45
2255 Andy Mui, 31, Yulee 1:19:52
2262 Bill Barnes, 61, Yulee 1:21:07
2319 Alexandra Maddox, 36*, Fernandina 1:21:44
2366 Russell Turner, 57, Fernandina 1:21:47
2390 Joseph Waas, 47, Fernandina 1:21:12
2432 Dave Hewett, 38, Fernandina 1:18:09
2476 Cleve Cheshire, 23, Hilliard 1:19:27
2495 Bjorn Anderson, 28, Fernandina 1:20:55
2544 Martin Haley, 47, Yulee 1:19:18
2565 Mitchell Haley, 18, Yulee 1:19:23
2631 Devin Stevenson, 12, Callahan 1:21:04
2709 Jessica Angus, 22*, Fernandina 1:20:33
2780 Tommy Frame, 29, Yulee 1:20:10
2817 Austin Nicklas, 14, Fernandina 1:20:25
2824 Dawn Cutajar, 42*, Fernandina 1:23:00
2837 Joshua Gore, 18, Callahan 1:24:17
2927 Thomas Gallacher, 46, Yulee 1:23:35
2985 Kevin Dalton, 37, Fernandina 1:23:12
3078 Keith George, 40, Callahan 1:19:10
3116 Pegge Ealum, 38*, Fernandina 1:24:59
3139 Carl Spillers, 30, Fernandina 1:23:45
3163 Alex Hallmark, 17, Yulee 1:24:19
3183 Robert Podrasky, 39, Fernandina 1:22:54
3190 Bethany Glassbrenner, 27*, Fernandina 1:24:02
3199 Jo Baker, 48*, Yulee 1:26:09
3209 Gary Sanders, 51, Fernandina 1:25:07
3348 Steve Cash, 52, Yulee 1:25:25
3351 Sheri Hutes, 43*, Yulee 1:25:24
3352 Gary Pate, 44, Callahan 1:25:53
3354 Melissa Marker, 31*, Fernandina 1:25:25
3360 Anderson Foote III, 48, Fernandina 1:25:24
3361 Michael Sirmans, 51, Callahan 1:24:28
3471 Bruce Morrison, 61, Fernandina 1:26:26
3603 Steve Hart, 42, Yulee 1:25:28
3652 Alan Young, 47, Amelia Island 1:26:18
3657 Andrew Weston, 44, Fernandina 1:27:28
3735 Laura Rouse, 24*, Fernandina 1:26:46
3737 Casey Klein, 23*, Fernandina 1:26:46
3750 Michael Carroll, 54, Callahan 1:27:18
3779 James Warren, 36, Fernandina 1:25:53
3780 Inga Warren, 35*, Fernandina 1:26:29
3832 Sonny Mann, 65, Fernandina 1:29:23
3928 Kristi Garber, 37*, Fernandina 1:27:19
3962 Jeremy Hamrick, 15, Callahan 1:25:38
3984 Johnny Halman Jr, 51, Callahan 1:24:22
4064 Larry Tipton, 54, Hilliard 1:28:39
4129 Taylor Clark, 37, Fernandina 1:28:26

A Callahan mother is in custody after toxicology results showed her sick baby had a lethal dose of Methadone in his system at the time of his January death.

The Brantley County Sheriff’s Office in Georgia arrested Brandy Love Edwards on a Nassau County warrant for aggravated child neglect, Nassau Sheriff Tommy Seagraves announced today.

The investigation started Jan. 25 when Nassau deputies were called to a home on Cornelia Court regarding a 15-month-old child who was found unresponsive.

Edwards is accused of not taking the boy for treatment when he developed hives and was acting strangely. The toxicology report later showed the boy had .18 milligrams of Methadone in his system, the Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.