The Hall County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a single-vehicle crash that claimed the life of a Gainesville man on Thursday evening, Nov. 3, near Chestnut Mountain.
Hall County Fire Rescue transported the victim, Siegfried Otto Stritzl, 78, to Northeast Georgia Medical Center where he died. Deputies have notified the next of kin.
According to the preliminary investigation, Stritzl was driving northeast on Ellison Farm Road in a 2011 Honda Odyssey. The minivan traveled through a stop sign crossed GA 211/Tanners Mill Road and hit a utility pole at approximately 10:10 p.m. Stritzl was the only occupant of the vehicle.
