Misdemeanor charges have been filed against a man authorities say is to blame for a September wreck that killed 25-year-old Darrell Grogan of Demorest.
Investigators say the chain reaction crash began in the northbound lanes of Highway 365 in Cornelia when a car driven by 19 year old Jordan Timothy Bohannon of Dewey Rose (pictured) changed lanes abruptly and forced the van driven by Grogan’s wife Rebekah across the median and into the southbound lanes of traffic where they hit an SUV.
Georgia State Patrol’s Specialized Collision Reconstruction Team released their report on the crash to District Attorney Brian Rickman in April. He tells Now Habersham, “Our review was for whether there was any evidence to support a felony vehicular homicide, and we determined that there is not.”
Rickman handed the report over to Habersham County Solicitor Bill Oliver to determine if misdemeanor charges were warranted. Those charges came Friday and Bohannon, now 20, turned himself in to the Habersham County Detention Center and was immediately released on a $2,400 bond.
He is charged with second degree vehicular homicide and improper lane change, both misdemeanors, in relation to the September 9th crash.
