Hit & Run: Brunswick woman killed on her way to work – perp has ICE hold

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OCTOBER 3, 2024
BY D.A. KING



The below from the Brunswick News. We are investigating the story further and will have more soon.

By MICHAEL HALL mhall@thebrunswicknews. com

Oct 1, 2024

A Brunswick woman died Friday when she was struck by a vehicle in a hit-and-run crash while riding her bike along U.S. Highway 17.

Amanda Jorgensen, 37, of Brunswick, was riding near the U.S. 17’s intersection with Belle Point Parkway at around 4 p.m. Friday when a pickup truck struck her bike before driving away from the scene of the crash, the Georgia State Patrol said.

Jorgensen died at the scene, the state patrol said. According to posts by co-workers on social media, Jorgensen worked at Publix and was on her way to work as traffic lights throughout the county were inoperable due to lack of power after Hurricane Helene.

The driver of the truck, Israel Alonzo Garcia, 39, of Brunswick, was arrested a short time later and charged with vehicular homicide in the first degree, hit and run, DUI, driving with an open container, driving while license suspended and not maintaining a safe distance while overtaking a bicycle.

The State Patrol’s Serious Crash Reconstruction Team is investigating the crash.

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