A Lawrenceville man has been charged with vehicular homicide and other traffic offenses following a two-vehicle wreck on Old Cornelia Highway. The Wednesday night wreck killed 53-year-old Stephen Lee Wilson of Gainesville, authorities say.
According to the Hall County Sheriff’s Office, the crash happened on Nov. 20, just after 10:30 p.m. in the 2600 block of Old Cornelia Highway, north of Shady Valley Drive. When deputies arrived, they found two vehicles involved in a head-on collision. One driver was pronounced dead at the scene while the other was evaluated by Hall County EMS but refused medical treatment.
The Hall County Sheriff’s Office Accident Investigation Unit determined the at-fault driver, Aman Panjwani, 24, of Lawrenceville, was traveling north on Old Cornelia Highway when he missed his turn. Panjwani made a U-turn in the area of the crash site and, while negotiating a curve, crossed over into the oncoming lane and struck the victim’s vehicle head-on.
Panjwani has been charged with second-degree vehicular homicide, failure to maintain lane, wrong-way driving, and tire violations. The identity of the victim is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
The Hall County Sheriff’s Office Accident Investigation Unit is still investigating the crash.
