Officials responded to a multi-vehicle crash involving five cars and a tractor-trailer at the intersection of GA-400 and State Road 369.
The tractor-trailer driver, Charles Wilkins, 61, was charged with first-degree vehicular homicide and other charges.
Four vehicles were stopped in the northbound lane near exit 17 when a loaded tractor-trailer approached them at an unreasonably high speed for the current traffic conditions and construction zone.
Wilkins failed to stop and collided with a stopped car’s rear at a high rate of speed, causing a chain reaction, according to the sheriff’s office. Both the tractor-trailer and the car crossed over in the middle of the intersection, where another car was traveling southbound through a green light.
James Wright, 65, of Cumming, was pronounced dead at the scene after the tractor-trailer collided with his car’s front door.
Other drivers were taken to local hospitals for non-life-threatening injuries.
September 19, 2022
Source: 11Alive