Two-vehicle crash in Mt. Airy sends three people to the hospital

A Habersham County woman suffered two broken legs and several other people were injured in a two-vehicle crash Sunday evening in Mt. Airy.

The crash happened shortly after 5 p.m. on December 12 at the intersection of Dicks Hill Parkway and Sixth Street.

State troopers say 45-year-old Jonathan Downer failed to yield while turning left onto Sixth Street and pulled into the path of a northbound GMC 3500 pickup truck.

The truck struck the Toyota Avalon Downer was driving, injuring Downer and his four passengers, including a one-year-old girl. Downer, the baby, and an adult passenger, D. J. Arrowood, 25, of Cleveland, suffered minor injuries. Two other passengers were more seriously injured, according to the Georgia State Patrol.

65-year-old Cheryl Downer of Mt. Airy suffered two broken femurs and 64-year-old Linda Gragg, also of Mt. Airy, suffered a broken wrist and laceration to her head. Habersham EMS transported them to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville for treatment along with a passenger from the pickup, 44-year-old Angela Lance of Gainesville.

The driver of the pickup, Brent Clark, 44, of Mt. Airy, was not injured.

Georgia State Patrol Post 7 Commander Donnie Sadler says charges are pending.