One driver was killed and another seriously injured in a wreck Wednesday in northern Paulding County.

The vehicles collided around 5:30 p.m. in the 2700 block of Cedarcrest Road, the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office reported. The impact killed a man driving a blue sedan and seriously injured a woman driving a silver SUV. She was taken to WellStar Kennestone Hospital.

The crash, near the Seven Hills/Bentwater communities, created such a traffic backup that Paulding County’s emergency operations center broadcast an advisory asking motorists to avoid the area.

The Georgia State Patrol, which is investigating the wreck, had not released the motorists’ names late Wednesday.

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Ceudy Gutierrez reads a book to her 2-year-old son, Matias, at their home in Buford, GA, on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. Ceudy Gutierrez is struggling to make ends meet for herself and her three young kids following her husband’s ICE arrest earlier this fall. (Miguel Martinez/ AJC)

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