Teen charged with DUI in Double Fatality in Dillard

A teenager stands charged with multiple offenses after a fatal crash in Dillard that claimed the lives of two people.  The two-vehicle crash occurred shortly before 5pm on Dec. 30, 2019, on Georgia 15 at its intersection with Cardinal Street.  Troopers said that a 2015 Hyundai Sonata struck the rear of a 2016 Chevrolet Trax at a high rate of speed killing both people in the Chevy; 60-year-old Donna Verlyn McConnell of Clayton and 52-year-old Lorie Jeanne Smathers of Otto, North Carolina.  The Georgia State Patrol reports that 19-year-old Sergio Garcia of Buford faces two counts of first-degree vehicular homicide, driving under the influence, open container, speeding, following too closely, and reckless driving.