Crime & Safety
3 Teens Killed In Crash After Gwinnett Football Game
The Gwinnett County teens were leaving the high school football game between Meadowcreek and Parkview High.
NORCROSS, GA – Three teens were killed and another is in the hospital after their SUV flipped while leaving a Gwinnett County high school football game Friday night.
The crash happened at about 10:16 p.m. Friday on the 4400 block of Steve Reynolds Boulevard near Norcross.
According to Gwinnett County Police, Brandon Martinez, 18, was driving a Toyota 4 Runner south after leaving Meadowcreek High School's football game against Parkview. He approached a slower vehicle and, according to witnesses and evidence at the scene, he swerved right to avoid hitting it.
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When he did, the 4 Runner hit a guard rail and flew into the air, then hit a tree, police said.
Martinez, Nelson Umanzor, 18, and Naseer Alwakeel, 16, were killed in the crash. A fourth passenger, Mesiah Allen, 17, was in critical condition early Saturday at Gwinnett Medical Center in Lawrenceville.
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Police spokesman Jacob Albright said officers are investigating Martinez's speed as a possible factor contributing to the crash.
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