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Atlanta BBQ Store Classic heading to Cumming fairgrounds See story Page 2A Sports Lambert sets up region title game against Milton Page IB FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS Midweek Edition-November 2-3, 2022 FORSYTHNEWS.COM forsythcountynews Q @ForsythNews (@J @ForsythNews $1.00 1 student dead, 1 injured in wreck Officials: Vehicle rolled, struck power pole near Denmark High i M By Kelly Whitmire kwhitemire@forsythnews.com An Alliance Academy for Innovation stu dent was killed and another student was injured in a single-vehicle wreck near Denmark High School on Tuesday morn ing, Forsyth County Sheriff Ron Freeman said. “It’s a horrible tragedy,” Freeman said. “We’ve lost a student.” FCSO officials said the wreck involved a single vehicle that rolled and struck a power pole on Windy Hill Lane near Mullinax Road at about 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 1. “It’s a tragic, single-vehicle accident,” “Freeman said. “Our Traffic Specialist Unit is investigating the cause and effect of what happened. It appears to be just a simple overcorrection, but that’s early in the pre liminary investigation.” Freeman said the vehicle’s passenger was killed in the crash and the driver received minor injuries. “[Deputies] were on the scene in under two minutes,” he said. “They found the vehicle to be occupied by two females who turned out to be [high school] students. Unfortunately, one was deceased at the scene. They were able to extricate and res cue the second.” The students, whose names have not been released, appear to be sisters, Freeman said. “We’re working with our school system partners to make sure Denmark High School and their students are taken care of,” Freeman said. No charges are anticipated in the crash at this time, Freeman said. Jim Dean Forsyth County News A deputy blocks the intersection of Mullinax and Fowler Roads after a crashTuesday morning. 'The wonderful diversity of our community' Photos by Sabrina Kerns Forsyth County News The Muzhangu Parai Dance Team invites audience members up to the stage to teach them a few dance moves during the 2022 End of Diwali Celebration. Inaugural End of Diwali Celebration held at FoCAL By Sabrina Kerns skerns@forsythnews.com Local dance academy students took the community on a jour ney through different parts of Indian and Hindu culture at the FoCAL Center on Saturday, Oct. 29, for Forsyth County Schools and OneForsyth’s inaugural End of Diwali Celebration. Nazeera Dawood and Rupal Vaishnav with OneForsyth both served as emcees for the night, welcoming the crowd to what See Diwali 14A A Muzhangu Parai Dance Team member begins a perfor mance. One dead after plane crash in Alpharetta By Kelly Whitmire kwhitmire@forsythnews.com Authorities said at least one person is dead after a plane crash in Alpharetta near the Big Creek Greenway on Monday, Oct. 31. According to officials with the Alpharetta Department of Public Safety, first responders were notified of the crash in a wood line just north of Kimball Bridge Road at about 12:57 p.m. on Monday and were able to confirm “the crash of a small, single-engine plane near the greenway.” “As of right now, we are still investigating to con firm how many occupants were on the plane,” Alpharetta Public Safety Sgt. David Freeman said on Monday. “The flight plan indicates two occu pants. We can confirm one is deceased. We are still investigating whether there See Plane 13A DAWSON Forsyth teen involved in gas station stabbing Erica Jones FCN regional staff One juvenile from Forsyth County was involved in a Dawson County stabbing on Oct. 25, according to Dawson County Sheriff Jeff Johnson. Johnson said four vic tims have been treated and released from area hospi tals and one person has been charged in an ongo ing investigation. He did not say whether the Forsyth County juvenile was a victim or the sus pect. Deputies from the Dawson County Sheriff’s Office and Georgia State Patrol troopers responded to a stabbing call at the Shell gas station, located at 41 Big Horn Drive, at about 9:20 p.m. on Tuesday night. Upon their arrival, dep uties found four victims, all of whom are males under the age of 18, all suffering from varying See Stabbing 13A Forsyth takes steps to become part of ‘tech capital of the South’ By Ashlyn Yule ayule@forsythnews.com As Forsyth County’s population continues to grow, so does its com mercial base. Technology in particular has been a developing industry in Forsyth County with about 8,000 residents working in the field, according to state legislature passed in 2022. On Thursday, Oct. 27, Forsyth County, city of Alpharetta and state officials joined together for a ribbon cutting ceremony for a sign to be post ed on Ga. 400 denoting a portion of the highway as the ‘Technology Corridor.’ Legislation passed in 2022 by state senators such as Greg Dolezal and Brandon Beach officially dubbed Ga. 400 from Mansell Road in Fulton County to Hwy. 20 in Forsyth County as the Technology Corridor. “When I chose to settle in Georgia a couple of decades ago, one of the key factors for choosing Forsyth County was the access to many tech-based See Technology 12A Corridor Forsyth County, city of Alpharetta and state officials stand beside a sign that will denote a portion of Ga. 400 as the Technology Corridor. 68/40 Forecast! 2A Firefighters break ground on new fire station facility. 3A Forsyth County News app available for download Find the app at forsythnews.com/apps for local news at your fingertips. □ 7 Volume 113, Number 83 © 2022, Forsyth County News Cumming, Georgia