A late-night crash in Clermont that deputies say was no accident has landed a Gainesville man in the Hall County Jail and left a 20-year-old passenger seriously injured.
The collision happened June 6 at about 10:30 p.m. at King Street and Cleveland Highway. Hall County investigators say 31-year-old Eric Domingo Romero is the man behind the wheel, and he now faces a long list of felony and misdemeanor charges tied to what they describe as an intentional wreck.
What Hall County Investigators Say
According to WGTJ Radio, the Hall County Sheriff’s Office Accident Investigation Unit says Romero was driving east on King Street in a 2003 Honda Pilot when he failed to stop at the stop sign and hit a southbound 2014 Dodge Charger driven by 32-year-old Edwin Omar Roman Suarez.
Hall County Fire Rescue took both drivers and Suarez’s passenger, 20-year-old Perla Olvera, to the hospital. Investigators classified Suarez’s injuries as minor and Olvera’s as serious. Romero was transported for evaluation and, according to investigators, did not suffer physical injuries…