The Brief
- A 41-year-old Duluth man died Friday morning after his car crashed into the back of a stopped semitruck on Cornelia Highway in Hall County.
- Hall County Sheriff’s Office investigators say the car became wedged under the truck’s rear bumper at the intersection of Kubota Way.
- Southbound lanes of the highway were closed for three hours following the 2:40 a.m. collision while the Accident Investigation Unit worked the scene.
GAINESVILLE, Ga. – Alfredo Michael Lizano Bravo, 41, died early Friday morning when his car slammed into the back of a tractor-trailer stopped at a red light on Cornelia Highway.
Fatal Cornelia Highway crash
What we know:
The Hall County Sheriff’s Office identified the victim as Alfredo Michael Lizano Bravo of Duluth. Investigators determined a tractor-trailer was stopped at a red light on Cornelia Highway southbound at Kubota Way just after 2:40 a.m. Lizano Bravo was traveling southbound when his passenger car hit the rear of the truck.
The car became wedged underneath the rear bumper of the truck, and Lizano Bravo died at the scene. The driver of the tractor-trailer did not have any injuries.…