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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Troopers said Estala was traveling too fast for the wet road conditions and went off the east shoulder of the roadway.
GSP officials said 67-year-old Jose Luis Estala of Gainesville was driving a 2007 Dodge Caravan south and attempted to turn right.
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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