Family questions police handling of injured man’s arrest after serious Dougherty Co. crash

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) — A south Georgia man and his family are demanding answers about how Dougherty County police officers handled his arrest following a serious car accident in Albany.Robert Doctrie was involved in a crash on September 24, 2025. His mother, Juanita Williams, said Doctrie was working when he told her another vehicle hit his truck, causing it to strike a guardrail and overturn.Doctrie said he was concerned about having to pay for an ambulance ride to the hospital after the accident.“I couldn’t even afford to pay for the ride from the ambulance to the hospital,” he said. “Which is a large reason of why I got out of the ambulance initially.”Williams said her son wanted to go to the hospital with his family, but by the time she arrived, she said, Dougherty County police officers were handcuffing him and preparing to take him to jail. The family says Doctrie was cited for improper passing. The crash report and the outcome of the citation were not available for this story. How