Family members and Forsyth County high school students are mourning the loss of a teenager who died over the weekend after losing control and crashing into a mailbox.
Mr. Peter Ian Roberts, 17, of Cumming, died early Saturday, according to the Georgia State Patrol.
The crash happened around 12:35 a.m. on Ga. 306 in Forsyth County, GSP’s spokesman Mr. Gordy Wright said.
“ He was westbound on Ga. 306 when he crossed into the eastbound lane, overcorrected and crashed into a mailbox on the driver's side of the vehicle,” Mr. Wright said.
Investigators said alcohol was not a factor in the wreck.
Mr. Roberts was a senior at Forsyth Central High School and worked part-time at Stars and Strikes, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Visitation for Mr. Roberts will be held Tuesday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at McDonald and Son Funeral Home and Crematory in Cumming, according to an online obituary.
A funeral service will be held Wednesday at 4 p.m. at The Vine Community Church.
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