A Monroe, Georgia, woman faces DUI and other charges following a two-vehicle crash in Baldwin Sunday that injured six people. The crash happened just before 7:30 p.m. on the US-441 Bypass near Industrial Boulevard. Paramedics airlifted a 6-year-old boy from the scene. Two toddlers were also among the injured.
According to the Georgia State Patrol, Tiffany Renee Daniels, 37, was driving a 2009 Hyundai Sonata van north on the US-441 Bypass when she rear-ended a 2004 Acura TSX driven by Maria Angelica Hernandez, 23, of Alto.
After impact, the van rotated and struck a tree. The Acura came to an uncontrolled stop on the shoulder of the road. The boy who was airlifted, Manuel Soto, was a passenger in the van.
The State Patrol identifies the other passenger in the van as 2-year-old, Zora Todd. Riding in the Acura were 46-year-old Elvia Zabala and 2-year-old Gianna Gonzales. EMS transported the three of them and both drivers by ambulance to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville.
State troopers investigating the crash determined Daniels was following too closely and charged her with drug-related DUI. Troopers with GSP Post 7 in Toccoa are still investigating the crash. More charges are expected to be filed.
