A 5-year-old Flowery Branch girl was killed in a late-night wreck Saturday in Hall County. Tania Sanchez-Fierros died when the van she was riding in was struck by a pickup truck on Athens Highway. The accident happened around 10:22 p.m. at the intersection with Smallwood Road.
According to the Georgia State Patrol, the van driver, 42-year-old Sandra Fierros Nunez of Flowery Branch, attempted to cross over the highway but failed to yield after stopping at a stop sign. She pulled into the path of a pickup truck that had just pulled into the southbound lane while negotiating a curve. The truck hit the van on the driver’s side, causing the van to rotate. As it did, it struck the rear passenger side of another pickup truck traveling south on Athens Highway in the lefthand lane.
Nunez and an adult passenger in the van, Samantha Sanchez Fierros, 22, of Flowery Branch, suffered minor injuries. The driver of the first pickup, Alberto Gomez Rivas, 20, and his passenger, Jasmine Gomez, 22, both of Flowery Branch, also sustained minor injuries. The driver of the second pickup truck, Luis Caudillo, 20, of Gainesville was not injured.
The State Patrol says charges are pending.
Second fatal accident in three days
Saturday’s wreck marked the second fatal accident in Hall County in three days. A Buford woman died and another remains hospitalized with serious injuries following a wreck earlier this week on the south end of the county.
Mary Amber Moore, 39, died Saturday, August 29, as a result of injuries she sustained in the crash Thursday night.
According to the Georgia State Patrol, Moore was driving a Toyota Highlander eastbound on Blackjack Road when she ran off the road in a curve. The Highlander struck a ditch and utility pole before overturning and coming to rest on the driver’s side. Troopers say neither Moore nor her passenger, 35-year-old Julie O’Heir of Snellville, were wearing seatbelts. They were ejected and pinned underneath the vehicle.
Both women were transported to Northeast Georgia Medical Center where Moore later died.
The State Patrol says alcohol and drugs are suspected as a contributing factor in that wreck. No charges will be filed.
