Atlanta Watershed Management Employee Aquarius Johnson Killed After Tree Falls On Sandy Springs City SUV Thursday

SANDY SPRINGS, GA. (THECOUNT) — Aquarius Johnson, of Lithonia, GA, has been identified as the Atlanta Watershed Management employee killed while operating a city of Atlanta vehicle Thursday during storm conditions, according to the Sandy Springs Police Department.

Johnson, 38, was identified the victim killed while driving a city of Atlanta vehicle on Mt Paran Road in Sandy Springs around 1:30 Thursday afternoon.

The rain was coming down hard and the wind was strong, reports Fox5Atlanta.

“A lot of wind and with all the rain I guess these trees they get unstable and they fall,” said Scott Butler who lives nearby.

Crews worked well into the evening to remove the tree from the road and restore power that was knocked out.

Geo quick facts: Sandy Springs is a city in northern Fulton County, Georgia, United States, and part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, Sandy Springs had a population of 93,853, and its 2017 estimated population was 106,739 – Wikipedia.