The second person killed in a wreck on I-985 near Flowery Branch early Friday has been identified as Maurice Barry, 28, Clanton, Ala.
The crash happened around 5:10 a.m. near the Friendship road exit, according to the Georgia State Patrol.
State Patrol spokesman Anthony Coleman released Barry's name Saturday afternoon. Also killed was Quentian Jesse Nixon, 28, of Jacksonville, Fla., the driver of the car. Sgt. Coleman said Nixon and Barry were not wearing their seat belts.
A back seat passenger, Lakeisha Young, 22, Gainesville, was seriously injured and taken to Northeast Georgia Medical Center.
"A 2008 Volkswagen Jetta was traveling southbound and failed to maintain its lane of travel. The vehicle left the roadway and struck a tree," Sgt. Coleman said Friday.
AccessWDUN's B.J. Williams and Derreck Booth contributed to this story.
