A Georgia woman has been indicted on vehicular-homicide charges in the death of Carrollton Police Officer Dustin Krish, in a newly released indictment that alleges she knowingly got behind the wheel despite a history of seizures while driving — including one episode, about a month before the crash that fatally injured the officer, in which a passing motorist had to reach into her moving car and stop it as it rolled toward an 18-wheeler, WSB-TV Channel 2 Atlanta reported on November 12, 2026.
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Hannah Alivia Callahan, 36, faces eight charges in connection with the collision on Highway 27 in Carrollton, Georgia, on June 11, 2025. The indictment was filed in Carroll County Superior Court on November 9, 2026, more than a year after the crash and five months after Officer Krish died of the brain injuries he suffered that day. Callahan has not yet entered a plea, and every allegation in the indictment is untested in court; she is presumed innocent unless prosecutors prove the charges.
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The charges, count by count
The grand jury indictment includes two counts of first-degree homicide by vehicle, two counts of serious injury by vehicle, two counts of reckless driving, one count of failure to maintain lane and one count of driving too fast for conditions, according to the indictment as reported by Dispatch Times. First-degree homicide by vehicle is the most serious vehicular-homicide charge under Georgia law, and it is the charge prosecutors use when they allege a death was caused by especially dangerous driving rather than a simple traffic violation.
Two homicide counts, two different claims
The two homicide counts rest on two different theories of what Callahan did wrong. One allegation is based on the claim that she knowingly drove despite the risk of another seizure — prosecutors allege she had experienced seizures while driving on at least two previous occasions but got behind the wheel regardless. That history, set out in the indictment, is the heart of the state's case: not only what happened in the seconds before the crash, but what Callahan allegedly already knew about her own condition when she chose to drive that day.
The second homicide count centres on her alleged conduct immediately before the collision. The indictment claims she was using a mobile phone, travelling at about 41 mph, driving too fast for the conditions and failing to remain in her lane in the moments before her car reached the intersection where Officer Krish was working. Both theories are allegations contained in a charging document; neither has been tested before a jury, and no court date had been reported as of publication.
June 11, 2025: an officer working under a dark traffic light
Officer Dustin Krish, 32, was directing traffic in the middle of the intersection in front of an Ingles supermarket on Highway 27 in Carrollton, where a traffic light was down near a construction zone with lane closures, when a southbound car passed through the light, struck him and then crashed into another vehicle, according to the Carrollton Police Department's account carried in memorial reporting of his death. Krish was thrown several feet into the air by the impact.
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Medics airlifted Krish to Wellstar Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, where he underwent multiple surgeries for severe brain injuries. He survived — barely. Over the following months he was treated as a patient in a minimally conscious state, undergoing intensive therapy, including at the Shepherd Center in Atlanta, to maintain his range of motion and improve his responsiveness, while his family posted updates and the Carrollton Fraternal Order of Police collected donations for his care, WSB-TV reported during his recovery.
On June 2, 2026, Krish's condition deteriorated — his church reported he had developed pneumonia and was in critical condition — and on June 9, 2026, nearly a full year after the crash, he died. The Carrollton Police Department announced his death the following day. He had joined the department on September 24, 2022, wore badge number 261, and served alongside his older brother, Sergeant Chad Krish. He is survived by his wife, Emily, his parents, his brother, a niece and two nephews.
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Carrollton Police Chief Joel Richards said of Officer Krish: “Dustin was the best of us. He was unwavering in his duty, courageous, and faithful until the end.” Georgia Governor Brian Kemp also issued a statement mourning the officer, saying he and his family joined the Carrollton Police Department in mourning his loss.
The LaGrange rescue, about a month before the crash
The indictment's seizure allegations follow an incident in LaGrange, Georgia, about a month before the Carrollton crash, when Callahan was reportedly rescued after suffering a seizure while driving. Jozion Reed, who was driving nearby, said other motorists had to move into the central reservation to avoid Callahan's vehicle before he intervened: he left his own car and reached into her moving vehicle to apply the brake.
“Her head was in the steering wheel. And I was like, ‘Oh, no. She's headed towards an 18-wheeler,’” Reed said. He managed to stop the vehicle with traffic passing only a few feet away, and LaGrange officials later recognised him for the rescue. Reed said he remained in contact with Callahan after the incident and was shocked when he learned she had been involved in the collision that seriously injured Krish. “I wish I was there to prevent it,” he said.
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The licence question at the centre of the case
Georgia driving rules generally require people with a history of seizures to report the condition to the Department of Driver Services, and drivers are normally expected to be seizure-free for at least six months before holding or retaining a standard non-commercial licence, although restrictions and medical assessments can apply in some circumstances. That framework is why one unanswered question sits at the centre of this prosecution: authorities have not disclosed whether Callahan's licence was active or suspended when the collision occurred, or whether she reported her seizure history after the LaGrange incident. For every driver on a corridor like Highway 27 — a working route through west Georgia used daily by commuters, delivery drivers and long-haul truckers — the case is a stark illustration of how a medical condition, an unreported history and a single decision to drive can combine into a fatal work-zone crash.
What is solid
- A Carroll County grand jury indictment filed November 9, 2026 charges Hannah Alivia Callahan, 36, with eight counts, including two counts of first-degree homicide by vehicle, in the death of Officer Dustin Krish.
- Officer Krish was struck on June 11, 2025 while directing traffic on Highway 27 in Carrollton and died of his injuries on June 9, 2026; the department, Police1 and memorial reporting agree on those facts.
- WSB-TV reported November 12 that the newly released indictment alleges Callahan knowingly drove despite a history of seizures behind the wheel.
What is only claimed
- Whether Callahan knowingly drove with a seizure risk, was using a mobile phone, was travelling at about 41 mph and left her lane before the crash are prosecution allegations in the indictment — not findings of fact. She has not entered a plea and is presumed innocent.
- Whether her licence was active or suspended at the time of the crash, and whether she reported her seizure history to Georgia's Department of Driver Services, has not been disclosed by authorities.
What happens next
The case now moves through Carroll County Superior Court, where Callahan will be arraigned and enter a plea before the case heads toward trial. Prosecutors will have to prove each allegation — the seizure history, the decision to drive, and her conduct in the final seconds on Highway 27 — beyond a reasonable doubt. Officer Krish's death has already been recorded in Georgia's line-of-duty memorials; he was one of several Georgia officers who died in 2026 from injuries suffered on duty. Awaaz Punjab will update this report when a plea, a court date or a licence-status disclosure is reported.