The Hall County Sheriff’s Accident Investigation Unit charged a Flowery Branch man this week in connection with a fatal two-vehicle traffic accident that happened earlier this year.
Deputies booked Kenneth Howard Gragg, 69, into the Hall County Jail on Thursday afternoon, Aug. 12. He is charged with second-degree homicide by vehicle and failure to maintain lane in the April 27 afternoon wreck on Ga. 13/Atlanta Highway, just south of Friendship Road.
According to the initial investigation, Gragg was driving northbound on Atlanta Highway from Ledford Road in a 2000 Oldsmobile Bravada. His SUV struck the center median and became airborne, colliding with a southbound 2012 Ford Fusion.
The car’s driver, Grisel Alvarez Martinez, 64, of Oakwood, died as a result of the crash. Hall County Fire Services transported Gragg to Northeast Georgia Medical Center for treatment of his injuries. Both drivers were traveling alone.
