Crime & Safety

One Person Dead in Early Morning Wreck

Gwinnett Police investigating fatal collision at Peachtree Industrial Boulevard and First Avenue in Sugar Hill.

One person is dead after an early morning accident in Sugar Hill. Two other people were hospitalized as a result of the 7 a.m. collision.

Gwinnett County Police say the driver of a blue Chrysler 300 traveling southbound on Peachtree Industrial Boulevard was attempting to turn left onto First Avenue in Sugar Hill when the vehicle was struck by a northbound black Jeep Grand Cherokee.

A passenger in the Chrysler died as a result of injuries sustained in the accident. The drivers of both vehicles were transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

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Two other vehicles were damaged in a secondary collision which resulted from the initial accident.

GCPD public information officer Cpl. Edwin Ritter said more details will be released when available.

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