GORDON COUNTY, Ga. - Authorities have identified and charged the driver involved in a fatal head-on crash last month in Gordon County.

Matthew Allen Pickens, 44, of Calhoun, was booked into the Gordon County Jail on Tuesday after being released from Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He faces charges of homicide by vehicle, serious injury by vehicle, fleeing and eluding officers, and multiple other traffic-related offenses.

What we know:

The Georgia State Patrol said Pickens fled from law enforcement on Aug. 23 before crashing head-on into a Dade County family on Rome Road. The crash left one person dead and others seriously injured.

Officials delayed releasing Pickens’ identity while he was hospitalized in intensive care. On Wednesday morning, he waived extradition f

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