JUNE 21, 2015
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
Three people were killed and one person arrested in an early
morning wrong-way crash on I-75, Sunday.
Jorge Solis, 20, was charged with driving under the
influence on the scene after he killed a man and two small children driving the
wrong way on the southbound portion of the interstate near Porsche Avenue.
A second man and a 3-year-old were also seriously injured
and sent to the hospital for treatment.
Solis was driving a Ford F-350 pickup truck.
The wreck shut down all southbound lanes of traffic near the
Porsche headquarters around 4 a.m.
Solis was arrested for driving while under the influence,
driving the wrong way, serious injury by vehicle, and three counts of vehicular
homicide first degree.
Jail records showed Solis, an Ellenwood resident, was being
held without bond.
The names of the victims have yet to be released.
Georgia’s road death toll is through the roof this year.