MULBERRY, Ga. - What happened to Patricia and Walt Carper had happened multiple times before on West Rock Quarry Road. And it might have been prevented, a FOX 5 I-Team investigation found.

For months before the crash, the head football coach at nearby Seckinger High School had begged Gwinnett County’s Department of Transportation to install some kind of barrier at the dead end, where the Carpers would careen into an embankment.

"All I know is that people are getting hurt, and there’s a very real chance somebody’s going to lose their life," Coach Tony Lotti told the I-Team in March . At that time, Carper was still hospitalized.

Downward spiral

What we know:

Carper, a retired Clarke County Sheriff’s deputy, died in her home May 20, according to her Georgia death certificate.

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