A rear-end collision on GA 365 in Baldwin injured a driver who’s now charged with misdemeanor marijuana possession and DUI.
Leonard Bailey of Flowery Branch was driving a Honda Odyssey Touring van north on Highway 365 around 2:42 p.m. Thursday when the crash occurred. Troopers say Bailey was following too closely and ran into the rear of a Chevrolet Spartan box truck near Kudzu Hill Drive. After impact, the van traveled off the right shoulder of the highway and struck a ditch.
The box truck was owned by Safety Plus Incorporated of Cornelia. It was being driven by 33-year-old Brandon Lathan of Mount Airy. Neither Lathan nor his passenger, 37-year-old Zachary Terrell of Baldwin, were injured.
Habersham EMS transported the 57-year-old Bailey to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville with possible serious injuries. Authorities say he had less than an ounce of marijuana on him at the time of the wreck.
A state trooper from Georgia State Patrol Post 7 in Toccoa investigated the crash and charged Bailey with following too closely, possession of less than an ounce of marijuana, and driving under the influence.
It was the second serious injury wreck state troopers investigated GA 365 in Habersham County on December 8.
An early morning wreck at the intersection of Antioch Church Road near Clarkesville seriously injured a Toccoa man. A Cornelia teenager was taken to the hospital for treatment of minor injuries.
