Deadly Crash: Driver, passenger identified after truck smashes into Ogeechee Road business

RADAR AND HOUR- BY-HOUR FORECAST. THE APP IS AVAILABLE IN THE GOOGLE PLAY AND APPLE APP STORES. <> MATERIAL THINGS, THEY CAN BE REPLACABLE. YOU CAN WORK HARD AGAIN AND BRING THAT BACK, BUT SADLY LIVES, YOU CAN’T BRING THAT BACK. TONIGHT– TWO PEOPLE ARE DEAD … AFTER A PICK UP TRUCK CRASHES INTO THE SIDE OF A CHATHAM COUNTY BUSINESS. A COMMUNITY IS REELING AFTER THE CRASH … THAT DEMOLISHED A BUSINESS. OUR ANDY COLE REPORTS./// TAKE PKG LL STANDUP — ANDY COLE/@ANDYCOLEWJCL I’M STANDING RIGHT OUTSIDE OF A HISPANIC ICE CREAM SHOP THAT’S NOW IN SHAMBLES AFTER A TRUCK PLOWED INTO THE FRONT OF THE STORE- KILLING THE DRIVER AND THE PASSENGER. SOT POP (IT WAS VERY SAD NEWS) A STORE NOW DESTROYED. TWO FAMILIES GREIVING. IT ALL HAPPENED JUST AFTER 11 THURSDAY NIGHT. GEORGIA STATE PATROL TELL WJCL 22 NEWS A FORD F- 150 WAS TRAVELING ON GA- 25 NEAR SILK HOPE ROAD WHEN IT SIDE SWIPED A NISSAN ALTIMA. TROOPERS TELL US THE F-150 THEN LEFT THE ROAD AND SMASHED INTO PALETERIA MICHOACANA, A HISPANIC ICE CREAM SHOP. BOTH PASSENGERS WERE KILLED IN THE CRASH. AND A BUSINESS WAS BROKEN INTO PIECES. SOT — MADAI (MA- DAY) RODRIGUEZ/OWNER, PATRON AND KATRINA’S SOME OF THEM, THEY JUST SHOW UP THIS MORNING AND THEN THAT’S WHAT THEY SEE. MADAI (MA-DAY) RODRIGUEZ OWNS TWO RESTAURANTS JUST A FEW MINUTES DOWN OGEECHEE ROAD. SHE SAYS THAT WHILE IT’S SAD TO LOSE –EVEN TEMPORARILY– A HISPANIC BUSINESS… IT’S EVEN WORSE TO KNOW LIVES WERE LOST. SOT — RODRIGUEZ MATERIAL THINGS, THEY CAN BE REPLACABLE. YOU CAN WORK HARD AGAIN AND BRING THAT BACK, BUT SADLY LIVES, YOU CAN’T BRING THAT BACK. WJCL 22 NEWS TRIED TALKING TO THE BUSINESS AND BUILDING OWNERS… BUT BOTH DECLINED. TROOPERS ARE WAITING TO RELEASE THE TWO PASSENGER NAMES UNTIL NEXT OF KIN CAN BE NOTIFIED. LL STANDUP AS YOU CAN SEE OVER MY SHOULDER, CREWS ARE STILL WORKING LATE INTO THE NIGHT TO GET THIS SCENE CLEANED UP. GEORGIA STATE PATROL’S SPECIALIZED COLLISION RECONSTRUCTION TEAM IS NOW INVESTIGATING WHAT CAUSED THIS DEADLY CAR CRASH. F

Georgia State Patrol identifies 2 people killed when truck smashes into Ogeechee Road shop

Georgia State Patrol has identified the two people killed when their vehicle smashed into a business on Ogeechee Road.

Updated: 3:02 PM EST Jan 23, 2023

Above: Video from the sceneGeorgia State Patrol has identified the two people killed when their vehicle smashed into a business on Ogeechee Road last week.Both the driver and passenger died when their Ford F-150 left the road and collided into the Paleteria Michoacana ice cream shop.TRENDING STORIESSouth Carolina attorney: It’s very possible Alex Murdaugh could get a hung jury at murder trialLive Updates: Jury selection begins in Alex Murdaugh double murder trialLeilani Simon, accused of killing her toddler son, will be back in court this weekIt happened around 11 p.m. on January 19.On Monday, GSP identified the driver as 24-year-old Brandon Ryan Hulett and the passenger as William Creighton Gaskin, 27.Hulett was taken to Memorial Hospital where he died from his injuries. Gaskin was pronounced dead at the scene. Ogeechee Road between Elk and Silk roads was temporarily shut down.The crash remains under investigation. Below video: Your Monday headlines

Above: Video from the scene

Georgia State Patrol has identified the two people killed when their vehicle smashed into a business on Ogeechee Road last week.

Both the driver and passenger died when their Ford F-150 left the road and collided into the Paleteria Michoacana ice cream shop.

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It happened around 11 p.m. on January 19.

On Monday, GSP identified the driver as 24-year-old Brandon Ryan Hulett and the passenger as William Creighton Gaskin, 27.

Hulett was taken to Memorial Hospital where he died from his injuries. Gaskin was pronounced dead at the scene.

Ogeechee Road between Elk and Silk roads was temporarily shut down.

The crash remains under investigation.

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