An 81-year-old man was seriously injured in a rollover wreck Thursday afternoon northeast of Clarkesville.
William Loyd McConnell was a passenger in a Kia Sorento driven by his son, David William McConnell. State troopers say the two Clarkesville men were traveling north on New Liberty Road near O’Kelley Road around 12:37 p.m. when the accident happened.
According to the Georgia State Patrol, the SUV ran off the east shoulder of the roadway. The driver overcorrected, causing the vehicle to rotate counterclockwise across the road. The Sorento then traveled off the west shoulder and overturned onto its passenger side, trapping the two men inside.
Emergency crews had to bust out the vehicle’s windshield to free them.
Habersham EMS transported the elder McConnell to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
David McConnell, 52, was not injured. He remained at the scene following the crash. The investigating trooper issued him a warning for failure to maintain lane and slick tires.
Traffic on New Liberty was temporarily stalled between Frank Lovell and O’Kelley roads as crews worked to clear the scene.
