Lawrenceville,GA : Truck driver charged in fatal eight vehicle wreck on Ga. Highway 316 on June, Monday 12th 2017

Police have charged a truck driver involved in a massive eight-vehicle wreck that killed a Winder woman on Ga. Highway 316 near Buford Drive last week.

Joseph Newson, 60, of Jackson, has been charged with following too closely and vehicular homicide, both of which are considered misdemeanors, according to the Gwinnett County jail log.

Newson was driving a tractor-trailer eastbound on Ga. 316 on June 12 at about 3:30 p.m. when traffic around him came to a stop at Hi-Hope Road. According to a preliminary reconstruction of the wreck by Lawrenceville police, Newson’s tractor-trailer may not have stopped.

Lawrenceville police are investigating how the bloody crash happened, but multiple agencies responded to the accident, including Gwinnett County Fire and Rescue and the Gwinnett County Police Department.

When officials arrived on the scene, they found a crash involving six cars, a van and a tractor trailer. One of the cars was stuck under the tractor trailer — and it was on fire.

That car belonged to Eva Jones Wilkerson, 61. She died at the scene.

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Truck driver charged in fatal eight vehicle wreck on Ga. Highway 316