A Jefferson man was killed Thursday afternoon when his car crashed head-on into a pickup truck on Athens Highway southeast of Gainesville.
The crash happened just before 1 p.m. near Morgan Drive. Investigators say 56-year-old J. Jesus Linares was driving a Nissan Sentra the wrong way in the westbound lane of U.S. 129 when he collided with a GMC Sierra driven by 61-year-old Reginald Borders of Gainesville.
Both men were transported to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville. Linares was pronounced dead at the hospital. Borders suffered only minor injuries.
Deputies with the Hall County Sheriff’s Office said Linares caused the wreck by driving on the wrong side of the divided highway.
The northbound side of Athens Highway was closed for about an hour while crews cleared the scene.
