Two-vehicle crash kills Forsyth Co. teen

CUMMING - A Forsyth County teenager is dead after a two-vehicle crash Friday night on Bannister Road near the Forsyth-Dawson County line.<br /> <br /> Forsyth County Sheriff's Deputy Robin Regan identified the victim as 18-year-old Taylor Oliver. <br /> <br /> He said Oliver was driving a 2005 Ford F-150 eastbound on Bannister Road when he went off the right side of the roadway near Concord Road. Regan said Oliver tried to get back on the road and over-corrected, sliding sideways into the westbound lane.<br /> <br /> "A Ford F-350 that was towing a trailer was in the other lane and struck the F-150," said Regan.<br /> <br /> Both vehicles traveled down an embankment, according to Regan.<br /> <br /> He said Oliver, a student at Mountain Education Charter High School, was pronounced dead on the scene as a result of head injuries he sustained in the crash. The occupants of the other truck were not injured.<br /> <br /> Regan said the investigation is ongoing, but neither drugs nor alcohol are believed to be factors in the crash.<br /> <br /> The fatal accident occurred just before 7:15 p.m., according to Regan.<br /> <br /> <i>EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the second fatal crash involving a teenager in Forsyth County this week. See story linked below.</i><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />

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