9:00 P.M. UPDATE:
Killed in the crash was Christopher Parker, 32, Dahlonega, the driver of the Honda, the state patrol said Saturday night. The second driver was Timmy McDuffie, 18, of Demorest.
1:00 P.M. UPDATE:
GEORGIA STATE PATROL NARRATIVE:
“On November 28, 2025, at 8:00pm, Troopers responded to GA 115 in Lumpkin county to a fatal car crash.
A Honda Civic was traveling south on GA-115 approaching the intersection of Grindle Brothers Road. A Kia Sorento was traveling north in the left northbound lane of GA-115. Driver #1 failed to maintain his lane. This action caused the front of the Honda Civic to strike the front of the Kia Sorento. The area of impact was within the left northbound lane of GA-115 and was determined by roadway evidence, damage to the vehicles, final rest of the vehicles, and a witness statement.
Note: The investigating Trooper observed the Kia Sorento speedometer was stuck at approximately 55 miles per hours.
Driver #1 was transported to NGMC Lumpkin and was pronounced deceased at 8:48pm.
Driver #2 was taken to NGMC Gainesville with complaints of abdominal, hip, and right hand pain.
EARLIER STORY. POSTED AT 10:00 A.M. SATURDAY:
At least three people have been killed in holiday weekend traffic accidents, according to the state patrol, including one in Lumpkin County and a wreck in Hall County earlier this week closed a busy road for about two hours.
The holiday total is as of 6:00 this morning and also includes fatalities in Gwinnett and Glynn counties.
We are awaiting details on the Lumpkin crash and so there is no other information on it. The sheriff’s office there, however, did issue a traffic alert at 8:15 last night on social media warning that both lanes of Ga. 115 near the Tomato House were closed and would be for a few hours.
Meanwhile, the state patrol has released a bit of information about an arrest one of its troopers made earlier this week in Hall County. “This is still under investigation but this is the only information available at this time. On November 25, 2025, at 6:58pm, Troopers responded to a crash on SR 369 (Browns Bridge Rd) in Hall County. Due to this crash, SR 369 was shutdown for approximately 2 hours,” the agency wrote in an email Thursday.
One driver was arrested in connection with the accident. According to a Hall County Jail report, Andres Lopez Lopex, 36, was booked Nov. 25 about 9:30 p.m. on the following charges:
*Driving while unlicensed or with an expired license
*Failure to maintain lane
*Hit-and-run
He was being held without bond and for immigration authorities as of mid-morning Saturday.