Tractor Trailer Driver Charged in Fatal Wreck

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Nearly two years after a fatal accident took the life of an elderly Canton woman, the driver behind the wheel of a tractor trailer has finally been charged.

Cherokee County jail records show Roman Aburto Tinajero of Sprinfgield, Missouri, was booked into the facility Monday morning on charges of second degree vehicular homicide, weaving over the roadway, driving too fast for conditions and driving on the wrong side of the roadway.

The three-vehicle fatal wreck occurred just before noon Dec. 22, 2013, along S.R. 20/Knox Bridge Highway west of the Georgia National Cemetery.

The Georgia State Patrol previously told Patch that Tinajero was driving westbound behind the wheel of the tractor trailer when it left the roadway as it attempted to negotiate a curve.

Tinajero overcorrected, crossed the centerline and hit a the 2006 Nissan Pathfinder driven by Canton resident, Louella Ann Barber, 72.

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An accident investigation report released by the Georgia State Patrol show conditions were rainy, and the pavement was wet at the time of the collision.

A second passenger vehicle, a Toyota Corrolla driven by White resident Trevor Lee Moyer, who was 18 at the time, then rear-ended the tandems of the tractor trailer.

Barber was transported to WellStar Kennestone Hospital for treatment, but subsequently died from her injuries.

Along with Barber, Moyer’s passengers — Charles Moyer, then 49, and Victor Moyer, then 15 — were also transported to Kennestone for treatment.

Tinajero bonded out the same day he was booked into the facility, said Cherokee Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Lt. Jay Baker.

A spokesperson with the Georgia State Patrol said its Specialized Collision Reconstruction Team (SCRT) investigations “are very detailed and can take several months to complete.”

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Photo: Roman Aburto Tinajero. Credit: Cherokee Sheriff’s Office