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Lumpkin County Man Charged With Vehicular Homicide

GAINESVILLE, Ga. — A 22-year-old Dahlonega man has been charged with first degree vehicular homicide after one person was killed and five others injured in a wreck near the intersection of Thompson Bridge Road and Price Road in north Hall County Tuesday around 9:30 p.m.

The Georgia State Patrol said Jonathan Flanagan, 22, of Dahlonega was driving a Mitsubishi Endeavor northbound on Thompson Bridge Road when he failed to maintain his lane and hit a southbound Hyundai Sonata being driven by Elizabeth Alvarez-Perez. The victim, Jesus Alvarez-Perez, the driver’s son, was one of three passengers in the Sonata.

Cpl. Spencer Munger said four occupants of the Sonata were transported to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in critical condition. Jesus Alvarez-Perez died Wednesday morning as a result of his injuries.
Flanagan was taken to the hosputal, but suffered only non-life threatening injuries.

In addition to vehicular homicide, Flanagan has been charged with DUI drugs, three counts of DUI serious injury by motor vehicle and a list of other traffic and criminal charges. He said Flanagan will be transported to the Hall County Jail when he is released from the hospital.

Bill Johnson

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