Woman arrested, charged in deadly car crash that killed Lakeside High student

<div>Hannah Hackemeyer (Credit: DeKalb County Police Department)</div>
Hannah Hackemeyer (Credit: DeKalb County Police Department)

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - Police have arrested the woman accused in the death of a Lakeside High School student who was killed in a car crash back in February.

Sophie Lekiachvili, 18, died at Grady Memorial Hospital just hours after the crash into a tree along Grove Road near Kirkland Drive on Feb. 20. There were two other students injured during the single-car crash.

On Saturday, April 27, warrants were obtained for 18-year-old Hannah Hackemeyer for violations of failure to maintain lane, reckless driving, driving under the influence under age 21, and homicide by vehicle in the first degree.

The warrants were turned over to the DeKalb County Fugitive Unit before she was arrested.

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