A Paulding County man told police he believes he fell asleep, causing a fatal crash that killed a 24-year-old man Sunday.
Shakim Reakwon Holloman, 23, was driving southbound on Dallas-Acworth Highway, also known as GA 92, shortly after 7 a.m. when he veered into the northbound lane, Cobb County police Officer Sydney Melton said. Holloman’s Dodge Caravan struck a red GMC Sierra head-on near Pickett’s Mill Place and Allatoona High School, Melton said.
“Mr. Holloman believed he fell asleep and while asleep entered the northbound travel lane,” Melton said in an emailed statement.
Address records show Holloman lives about five miles from the crash site.
The driver of the GMC, Daniel Rogers of Cartersville, died at the scene, Melton said. Holloman and one passenger in the Dodge were not injured. A second passenger in the van sustained minor injuries, according to police.
Holloman was arrested and charged with first-degree vehicular homicide, reckless driving, failure to maintain lane and suspended registration. He was booked into the Cobb jail but later released to the Powder Springs police department, according to a spokesman for the Cobb sheriff’s office.
Holloman owed traffic fines for previous violations in Powder Springs, according to a department spokesperson.
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