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Clyo man badly burned working on car
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Updated: Oct 13, 2011, 10:04 PM
Published: Oct 13, 2011, 10:09 PM

A Clyo man was airlifted to the Joseph M. Still Burn Center late Wednesday afternoon after he was burned in an explosion.

Danny Smart, 53, of Clyo, suffered serious burns at his home on Clyo-Kildare Road after he was working on a vehicle and something exploded. Smart drove himself to the Effingham County Fire Department’s Clyo station on Highway 119 where emergency crews attempted to stabilize him.

Smart then was taken by ambulance to the Effingham County Sheriff’s Office, where he was taken by air ambulance to Augusta’s Joseph M. Still Burn Center.

Deputies believe it was accidental.
Rep. Buddy Carter: Granddaughters Survived Texas Camp Flooding That Killed Their Cousin
Buddy Carter
Rep. Buddy Carter spoke publicly about the loss of his granddaughters' cousin in the Texas flooding.
Updated: Jul 9, 2025, 2:59 PM
Published: Jul 9, 2025, 3:00 PM
U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Ga., who represents Effingham County, said his twin granddaughters survived catastrophic flooding at Camp Mystic in Texas, but their 9-year-old cousin, Janie Hunt, was killed. Carter shared the heartbreaking news on social media and in interviews with Fox News, CNN, and Atlanta News First, revealing that Janie’s body was found on her mother’s birthday. Carter said his granddaughters survived by climbing onto a roof and waiting for rescue.
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