Driver killed in wrong-way crash on Athens Highway

A Jefferson man was killed Thursday afternoon when his car crashed head-on into a pickup truck on Athens Highway southeast of Gainesville.

The crash happened just before 1 p.m. near Morgan Drive. Investigators say 56-year-old J. Jesus Linares was driving a Nissan Sentra the wrong way in the westbound lane of U.S. 129 when he collided with a GMC Sierra driven by 61-year-old Reginald Borders of Gainesville.

Both men were transported to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville. Linares was pronounced dead at the hospital. Borders suffered only minor injuries…

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