UPDATE #1: The individuals involved in this crash have been identified. 

The driver of the at-fault vehicle was 28-year-old Keshon Johnson. The person killed in the crash has been identified as Keshon's son, 11-year-old Jaylen Johnson. 

When the crash occurred, Keshon was wearing his seat belt but Jaylen reportedly was not, according to the Georgia State Patrol, who responded to the wreck. Jaylen was killed on impact. Keshon was life-flighted to Grady Hospital in critical condition. No updates on his condition orarrest are available at this time.

This update was written by News Editor Kate Verity.

ORIGINAL STORY:

NEWTON COUNTY – A two-vehicle crash on I-20 in the early morning hours of Monday, Feb. 24, resulted in the death of one person and the critical injury of another.

Georgia State Patrol Post 46 Assistant Commander Sgt. Christoph Ayers was dispatched to a two-vehicle fatality crash in Newton County on I-20 WB at about 3:42 a.m. Ayers said with SCRTE assistance, the initial investigation revealed that a passenger car traveling at a high rate of speed with no headlights on rear-ended a semi truck in the right travel lane near mile marker 100. This is in Newton County near the Walton County line.

“Both vehicles left the roadway and came to final rest in the median. The unrestrained passenger of the passenger car was killed on impact. The driver of the passenger car was transported by Airlife to Grady Hospital where he remains in critical condition at this time,” Ayers said. “At the time of this report neither the driver or passenger of the car have been identified.”

Ayers said the at-fault driver (of the passenger car) will be charged with felony vehicular homicide first degree, driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol, along with other traffic related offenses.