The Georgia State Patrol has cited two drivers in connection with related collisions that happened on GA 365 Monday in Alto.
According to the GSP report, troopers cited Stanley Summers, age 70, of Dahlonega, with failure to yield. 21-year-old Layna Parson of Homer was charged with making an improper lane change.
Troopers say Summers was southbound on GA 365 in a black Dodge Ram pickup truck when he attempted to turn left onto LC Turner Road. The front of the Dodge struck the driver side of a red Ford Ranger driven by Don Chastain, 66, of Toccoa. The impact caused the Ford to rotate counterclockwise off the right shoulder of the highway. It then traveled back onto GA 365 where it came to an uncontrolled stop in the right northbound lane.
The Dodge wound up on LC Turner Road facing east.
A few moments later, troopers say Parson sideswiped another vehicle while attempting to avoid the collision, setting off a chain reaction wreck.
According to GSP, Parson was northbound on GA 365 in a white Dodge Ram pickup truck when she changed lanes to avoid the earlier crash. Troopers say she struck the side of a Toyota 4 Runner driven by Jim Mein, age 47, of Newport, Tennessee. The Toyota struck a Buick Verano driven by Helen Ramsey, 54, of Clarkesville, which then struck a blue Dodge Ram driven by 46-year-old Harold Smith of Baldwin.
Chastain was briefly trapped in his truck before Baldwin firefighters freed him. Habersham EMS transported him to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville with non-life-threatening injuries. According to officials, Summers refused treatment. No one else was injured.
The crash happened around 4 p.m. just south of the Duncan Bridge intersection and temporarily stalled traffic on GA 365.
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