The Hall County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) on Tuesday released details of two fatal crashes that happened in the early hours of Sunday, Aug. 31. Both wrecks occurred within hours of each other on county roads and claimed the lives of a Duluth man and a Cleveland man.
Duluth man killed
Deputies first responded around 3 a.m. to a single-vehicle accident on Poplar Springs Road near Pine Vale Road.
According to the preliminary report, 28-year-old Adrian D. Rodriguez Gil lost control of his 2017 Honda Civic in a curve. The car struck a tree and caught fire.
Hall County Fire Rescue crews extinguished the blaze and pulled Rodriguez Gil from the vehicle, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Poplar Springs Road was blocked for about 90 minutes while authorities investigated.
Cleveland man killed
Just a few hours later, deputies discovered a motorcycle crash on Southers Road near Ledan Road. At about 6:30 a.m., patrol deputies found a 2005 Harley-Davidson Heritage Softail Classic on its side and the deceased rider nearby.
Investigators identified the victim as 51-year-old Bobby Jonathon Terry of Cleveland.
Preliminary details show Terry lost control negotiating a curve, laid the bike down, and slid into a tree. The exact time of the crash is not known. HCSO’s Accident Investigation Unit responded to investigate, and Southers Road was closed for about an hour.
Both bodies were sent for autopsies, and next of kin were notified.
Dahlonega teen killed
Elsewhere in Northeast Georgia, a Dahlonega teen lost his life in a wreck early Monday, Sept. 1. 17-year-old Ayden Molinari died when the car he was driving crashed into a creek on Wimpy Mill Road in Lumpkin County.
Molinari, Terry, and Gil were among 15 people statewide who died in automobile-related accidents over the long Labor Day holiday weekend.
