A Clayton woman was injured in a rear-end wreck with a bucket truck Saturday on GA 365 in Mt. Airy.
The wreck occurred around 4:10 p.m. in the northbound lane just south of Cody Road.
State troopers say 40-year-old Heather Lee Noble was driving northbound in a Chevy Malibu when a Honda Ridgeline improperly changed lanes, forcing her off the road. As Noble re-entered the highway, troopers say Noble overcorrected and pulled in front of a northbound Freightliner bucket truck.
The truck driver, 28-year-old Timothy Aaron Frankum of Demorest, advised troopers he was too close to avoid impact. The truck rear-ended the Malibu and overturned before striking the cable barrier in the center median.
Habersham EMS transported Noble to Habersham Medical Center in Clarkesville with possible minor injuries. Two passengers in her car escaped injury. One was a 3-year-old girl restrained in a rear car seat. The other passenger is identified as 16-year-old Aubrey Leann Hill of Canon.
Frankum had a complaint of injury, but EMS did not transport him to the hospital, says Sgt. Luke Mize of Georgia State Patrol Post 7 in Toccoa.
The Honda did not come into contact with any other vehicles and left the accident scene traveling northbound, Mize says. The driver’s identity is unknown at this time but charges are pending against them.
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