DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – One person was killed and four others injured in a single-vehicle accident on Grant Ford Drive in Dawson County early Wednesday morning.

According to the Georgia State Patrol, 21-year-old Zoe Starr Sowell was driving a green Mazda 6 east on Grant For and attempted to negotiate a curve at a high rate of speed when she lost control and traveled off the south shoulder. The vehicle struck several trees then overturned.

Four passengers were riding in the rear seat of the vehicle and were not restrained.  Stephen Caldwell, 21 of Dawsonville, and Alyssa Boger, 20 of Lula, were ejected from the vehicle.  Caldwell was transported to Atlanta Medical Center by Air Life and Boger was transported to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville by Air Life.

Boger succumbed to her injuries earlier this morning. Caldwell remains in critical condition.

The other two passengers, Robert Petty, 25 of Dawsonville, and Kaitlyn Head, 19 of Alto, were both transported to Northeast Georgia Medical Center by ambulance.   Both suffered minor injuries.

Sowell, was wearing her seatbelt and suffered only minor injuries. She was not transported.

According to the report, alcohol was a contributing factor to this crash. Sowell was charged with the following:  Reckless driving, driving too fast for conditions, failure to maintain lane, DUI, serious injury by motor vehicle (felony), vehicular homicide first degree (felony). She is currently in the Dawson County Detention center.

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