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Metro Atlanta teen driver sentenced to 20 years in connection to crash that killed 2 classmates

Oliver Luis Roman

CHEROKEE COUNTY, GA — A 19-year-old Woodstock man has been sentenced in connection with a deadly crash that killed two teenagers in 2024.

Deputies say Oliver Luis Roman was driving a Mazda 6 with four other teens in the car when he left the road and crashed into a tree in the Towne Lake area in January 2024.

Prosecutors said Roman was driving more than 90 mph at the time of the crash.

Deputies identified the victims as 17-year-old Gabriel Escandon of Marietta and Esteban Cortez-Rendon of Woodstock, who died after celebrating his 18th birthday.

Two other teenage passengers were seriously injured in the crash.

Roman entered a non-negotiated plea to two counts of first-degree homicide by vehicle. He was sentenced to 20 years, including one year in jail.



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