A teen driver escaped serious injury when the SUV he was driving flipped onto its top Sunday in Clarkesville. The crash on Highway 115 left 17-year-old Aaron Smith with possible minor injuries, state troopers say.
Shortly after 6 p.m. on August 6, Smith was driving a Jeep Grand Cherokee eastbound when he ran off the road in a curve. The SUV traveled into a private parking lot at 208 Monroe Street. It struck several concrete curbs and a concrete wall before overturning.
Habersham County Sheriff’s Office personnel assisted Clarkesville Police Department at the scene.
Habersham County Emergency Services was dispatched to the scene, but the state patrol says Smith was not transported to the hospital.
A trooper from Georgia State Patrol Post 7 in Toccoa investigated the crash. According to the accident report, the trooper charged Smith with failure to maintain lane.
