Driver Killed When Truck Veers Off Interstate, Lands Near River

WOODSTOCK, GA -- The Cherokee Sheriff's Office has released the identity of the man who died early Friday morning in a single-vehicle accident along Interstate 575 in Woodstock.

The agency and the Woodstock Police Department responded to the crash, which was reported around 7 a.m. March 24 on the southbound side of the interstate at the bridge over Little River.

The driver of the Ford F-150, identified as 37-year-old Canton resident Kevin White, was the only person in the vehicle when the truck veered into the median and traveled through a construction zone just north of the bridge.

The truck then hit a gravel embankment, which caused it to "become airborne and it traveled between the northbound and southbound bridges before coming to (a) rest next to Little River," the agency added.

White was a chorus teacher at E.T. Booth Middle School in Woodstock, Lt. Jay Baker with the Cherokee Sheriff's Office said.

The Cherokee County School District said its thoughts and prayers are with White's family and his friends.

"We are notifying E.T. Booth Middle School staff and parents this afternoon of his passing," the system said. "Our grief counselor team is onsite and also will be available to students next week."

The accident remains under investigation by the Cherokee Sheriff’s Office Traffic Enforcement Unit.

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