Forsyth Man Killed In Head-On Collision

CUMMING, GA — A man from Cumming was killed Tuesday when a van drifted across a median and into his lane, striking him head on.

Darin Curran, 52, was driving southbound on Mathis Airport Parkway near Mathis Airport Drive at 6:51 a.m. Tuesday, according to the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office. A Honda Odyssey van going north then drifted left and over a raised median, into the southbound lane where it hit Curran's 2008 BMW 135i.

The van was being driven by Viraraghavan Varadarajan, 58, of Cumming, and a child was in the passenger seat. Varadarajan was taken to a local hospital and the child was not injured, according to Deputy First Class Scott Collett.

Curran was pronounced dead at the scene. (SIGN UP: Get Patch's Daily Newsletter and Real Time News Alerts. Or, if you have an iPhone, download the free Patch app.)

According to Collett, the crash remained under investigation Wednesday morning. No charges had been filed at the time.

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