18-year-old arrested for fatal Woodstock crash that killed 2 teens in January
OLIVER L. ROMAN
CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga. - An 18-year-old Powder Springs resident has been arrested for the Jan. 9 crash on Towne Lake Parkway in Woodstock that killed two teenagers, according to Cherokee County Sheriff's Office.
Oliver Luis Roman has been charged with 2 counts of Vehicular Homicide, 2 counts of Serious Injury by Vehicle, Reckless Driving, and Violation of a Class D License. Roman was booked into the Cherokee County Adult Detention Center Wednesday morning, where he remains in custody without bond.
The crash claimed the lives of Esteban Cortez-Rendon, 18, of Woodstock, and Gabriel Escandon, 17, of Marietta.
Roman was reportedly driving a Mazda 6 carrying 5 occupants that veered off the road and crashed into a tree in the center median.
Escandon was pronounced dead at the scene. Cortez-Rendon died at a hospital. A 17-year-old passenger sustained serious injuries and an 18-year-old passenger from Tulsa, Oklahoma, sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
Cortez-Rendon died on his 18th birthday.
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