Teen Charged in Fatal Forsyth Collision

A 17-year-old has been charged with second degree vehicular homicide and failure to obey a traffic control device for his role in a crash that killed a 43-year-old woman on March 7, according to the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office.

Antonio Aguilera-Mora, 17, of Park Place in Cumming, was traveling southbound on Highway 9 in a 2004 Nissan Titan, while Lesia Elaine Bennett also of Cumming, was in a 2000 Mercury Mountaineer and heading eastbound on North Old Atlanta Road. When both vehicles reached the intersection they collided. The impact forced Bennett's vehicle into the front passenger side of a Forsyth County school bus that was stopped at the traffic light on Highway 9 preparing to make a left turn onto North Old Atlanta Road.

Bennett, who was not wearing her seatbelt at the time of the collision, was transported to Northside Hospital-Forsyth where she was pronounced dead. Mora, who was wearing a seatbelt, was transported to the same hospital where he was treated and released. The school bus driver was not injured and there were no students on board the bus.

Bennett's obituary stated that she was a lifelong resident of Forsyth County and worked at Kelly Mill Elementary School. Her favorite pastime was going to the beach. Bennett was laid to rest on Sunday, March 10.

As for Mora, he is in custody at the Forsyth County Adult Detention Center. His bond is set at $2,805.

Editor's Note: An arrest does not indicate a conviction.