What was supposed to be one of the happiest nights of the school year turned into a frightening ride home, with teenagers pleading for a limo driver to stop while parents waited for updates that grew more alarming by the minute.
In a report for WSB-TV, Tom Jones said a group of 10 teens on their way home from prom in Cherokee County said they were so scared inside the limo that they begged the driver to pull over. By the end of the night, the driver, Nelson Baba, had been arrested on DUI and marijuana charges, and furious parents were left asking how any of this was allowed to happen.
That is what makes this story hit so hard. Prom is supposed to be one of those carefully planned, picture-perfect nights parents worry over for weeks, but usually for all the normal reasons. The dress, the tux, the flowers, the timing…