Gwinnett County police said Emanuel Rene Esfahani, a 20-year-old Lawrenceville man, turned himself in Tuesday and is charged with five counts of vehicular homicide.
He's also charged with reckless driving, racing, speeding, unsafe lane change and not wearing a seatbelt.
Investigators say Esfahani was racing a pickup truck driven by 18-year Hung Nguyen about 4 a.m. on Labor Day on Georgia 316 when the two came upon a slower vehicle.
But Esfahani came upon a truck stopped in the emergency lane and swerved left, striking Nguyen's Toyota Tacoma.
One had not been wearing a seatbelt, but investigators could not determine if the second passenger had been wearing one.
Persons:
Emanuel Rene Esfahani, He's, Esfahani, Hung Nguyen, Nguyen, Katy Gaitan, Ashley Gaitan, Coral Lorenzo, Abner Santana, Lorenzo, Jonathan Reyes, Ryan Winderweedle
Organizations:
Associated Press, Labor, Georgia, Police, Infiniti, Toyota, Atlanta, Lawrenceville, Lakeside High School, Tacoma
Locations:
DULUTH, Ga, Georgia, Atlanta, Gwinnett, Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Toyota Tacoma, DeKalb County, Tacoma