Crime & Safety

GSP: 1 Killed in I-75 Accident

The three-vehicle crash occurred around 9:35 a.m. Thursday when a vehicle changed lanes and hit a Honda Civic, GSP spokesman Gordy Wright said.

Update, 3:42 p.m.

The driver of the Honda Civic killed in the crash this morning on Interstate 75 North at the Canton Road Connector has been identified as Edgar Jaramillo, 41, of Lawrenceville.

Original story, 12:54 p.m.

One person died after a morning crash on Interstate 75 North at the Canton Road Connector, the spokesman for the Georgia State Patrol said this afternoon.

The three-vehicle crash occurred around 9:35 a.m. Thursday when a vehicle changed lanes and hit a passenger car, GSP spokesman Gordy Wright said.

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"The impact spun the passenger car into the path of a Ford Expedition," he said in an email to metro Atlanta media outlets. "The Expedition struck the passenger car in the driver's side."

The driver of the passenger car, whose identity is being withheld pending notification of relatives, died. A passenger was taken to WellStar Kennestone Hospital with injuries, Wright said.

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"The GSP Specialized Collision Reconstruction Team has been called to conduct the follow-up investigation and charges will be pending until their investigation is complete," he said.


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