An SUV driver and passenger were lucky to get out alive Tuesday after the driver pulled into the path of a tractor-trailer on Ga. 365 at Alto-Mud Creek Road.
State troopers say 35-year-old Maria Yanes of Gainesville was driving a Toyota Highlander west across the highway from the median crossover. She failed to yield the right of way and pulled into the path of a southbound semi, troopers say.
The wreck injured Yanes and passenger Ruth Noemy Hernandez, 20, of Gainesville. The collision snarled traffic on the south end of Habersham County for several hours on September 19.
Both lanes impacted
A 9-1-1 caller who phoned in the crash around 4:47 p.m. reported that the semi-truck was all the way across the highway on the northbound side. They reported the black SUV was off the road on the southbound shoulder.
Habersham County Emergency Services responded, along with units from the Habersham County Sheriff’s Office and police departments in Baldwin and Alto.
Habersham County EMS transported Yanes and Hernandez-Perez to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville with possible minor injuries. The truck driver, Rodrecus Lyndell Colton, 33, of Hogansville, also sustained possible minor injuries, according to the state patrol.
Troopers from Georgia State Patrol Post 7 in Toccoa investigated the crash. They cited Yanes with failure to yield right of way and a seatbelt violation.
All lanes of Ga. 365 reopened by 6:55 p.m. Tuesday.
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