Passenger dies after driver going too fast on wet roads hits an embankment, troopers say

HALL COUNTY, Ga. — Georgia State Patrol said one person died in a crash Wednesday morning.

The crash happened around 2:30 a.m. on Ga. 211 in Hall County.

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GSP officials said 67-year-old Jose Luis Estala of Gainesville was driving a 2007 Dodge Caravan south and attempted to turn right.

Troopers said Estala was traveling too fast for the wet road conditions and went off the east shoulder of the roadway.

When the Caravan went off the roadway, authorities said it hit an embankment head-on. It then rotated counterclockwise and stopped on the east shoulder of the road.

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GSP said upon impact, the passenger in the backseat, 69-year-old Silvia Franco Mireles of Braselton, was thrown from the van and died.

The crash remains under investigation, and charges are pending.

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