Crime & Safety
Sugar Hill Man Charged in Fatal Crash on Ga. 400
Jimenez faces charges that include second-degree homicide by vehicle. The victim was from Gainesville.
By Brande Poulnot, Patch
A Sugar Hill man has been charged with vehicular homicide in a Ga. 400 crash last month that claimed the life of an elderly Gainesville woman, Forsyth County Sheriff's Office spokesman Doug Rainwater said.
Gonzalo Antonio Jimenez, 42, was arrested Monday and charged with second-degree homicide by vehicle, driving too fast for conditions, failure to maintain lane and speeding in connection with the death of Rose Marie Robertson, 82, of Bethel Road.
She died three days after the Sept. 10 crash on GA 400 at Bottoms Road and Settingdown Circle in Forsyth County, north of Cumming, as a result of the "critical, life-threatening injuries" she sustained in the collision with a cement truck, according to Forsyth County authorities.
Robertson was "heavily" entrapped in her 2008 Toyota Corolla and had to extricated from the small sedan, which came to rest in the median, Forsyth County Fire Department spokesman Jason Shivers told Patch. Firefighters worked 15 minutes to free her and Robertson was airlifted to Grady Memorial Hospital.
She died Sept. 13 about 5 a.m. at Grady.
Jimenez, who was driving the concrete truck, was not hurt in the crash that closed northbound lanes for about an hour, causing traffic delays.
He is being held at the Forsyth County jail on a $4,015 bond, according to FCSO's booking report.
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